◆ SpookStack

bee 1 f + \ - Finger Points to Lewis —=— -—---.. ny strike is inexcusable today. But , ‘ihe miners must retin to work immed! there isn’t a shred of plausible reason, | ately.” tes Peon lest it be outright sabotage of the. war, It is urgent that al! lebor leaders speak for the strike of a half millfoy coa! miners. [ out and assure the President their support “Labor must hold John L.~Lewis respon- § for decisive actions = 4, sible for the walkout; regardless of the Thé no-strike pledge and the entire con- evident provocations from some of the op- J ception that this is Labor’s war means ' nothing if Lewis is permitted to defiantly erators. The government, through its custodian |; carry out his treasonous program. As government, thro ita of mines, Harold L. Ickes, advanced a pro- |! Julius Emspak, secretary-treasurer of the posal that would guarantee the miners a |! United Electrical, Radio and Machine Work- substantial temporary wage raise pending || ers told the President in a wire, labor ex- fina} settlement. The War Labor Board |1 pects him to take “decisive action” to stop hild already provided for other improve- | Lewis and the “tremendous majority” of the ments for the miners in its decision. Al! trade union movement will back him. whge changes are retroactive. It was no | | Moreover, Mr. Emspak sees the issues Jonger a question of whether the miners || as far beyond those directly affecting the are entitled to an improvement. It was only |, mine dispute. eT a matter of bargaining over the margin of | “We régard a shuidown on the right of difference and HOW MUCH the improve- || Lew: to organize disruption of the war ments was to be. To call a strike under such conditions shows a desire not to serve gardless of the part the interests of the workers but complete [j dispuie™ = = eee, indifference and even sabotage of the war. |} Of one thing we are ‘certain. Neither ~. gwis, as the Communist Party's atate- || Lewis nor that amall group of “powerful men yesterday said in point blank words, | operators,” as Ickes called them, have the “ia trying to assume veto power over US. | slightest interest in the country’s segety. partkipation in the war. He sets himself | The President is duty bound to act tq in- above the labor movement and above the |" gure that our war effort does not falter, government, The miners must choose be-__Lugnty ali loyal Americans will be hehind him fween their country and John L. Lewis poss. ° " or 3 faivu-SUS-A shy OL. - or" 7 res NOT RECORD2D v 34} NOV. 2 1943 4 ieular settlement of the This is a cli eg fron —- enon page - of the 2. - DAYTLY WORKER _ : 1 Date Hist 3 / "A ¢3? Clipped at the “Seat of Government J SF ”) #t _o. “to SENOVS iggf? 2 . f efiort as eomething that must come re-_...