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Bas re Le 2 a ee i T ral The CiO's Path SA third day of th neral coal strike ‘ passed, with still holding “a club over the nations war effort, millions - of Americans both at home and fn the armed forces are boiling with indignation that such / =———"The CIO farther declared that itis possible Vi- ~ we ! galled upon the miners and railroad ; ‘ to join with the CIO in a drive to the * people for the change. ~ =": -%° 20° ute The leaders of the American Federation ef Labor, on the other hand, are still silent . veh ,0r a situation could happen in the midst of war. * oF the mi . : . : , e mine strike. This strengthens the - The miners are mistakenly following Lewis suspicion that the AFL's convention at ft. thin disestroua strike hecause they h BU WIS Qube oha vee Bese eS = go far, seen no other leadership in their ;union, They are isolated from the reat of -the labor movement and are not fully aware : that there are ways other than atrikes through which they can win their demands, ". The CIO, now in convention at Philadel- phia, took a stand that showed qnce more that it really expresses the patriotism and “will of the workers. Its program should be sbrought to the miners. The CIO called for Mecrapping of the outworn “Little Steel” ormula and for wage adjustment. But not or the purpose of doing away with a stabili- i : tion program, but in order to assure i——~py A N 1Y4- fys- Af © NOT RECORDED -t-_. 9 —__ Bt _ FT wef beensreee 14 ton delayed readmission of Lewis because 1 did not want to have the embarrassing strike | on its hands. These schemers may rest as- ' gured, however, that when the score is added — i up. they, too, will not escape some résponsi- The CIO shows not only that ita first con- . cern is for the war, but it also recognizes that you can’t win America for wage adjust- | ments, price roll-back and a feir tax pro- gram by a policy that plays into the hands , of the defeatists and their Lewises.. 9 = . To win the people, labor has to'really pat ~ ; forward ite entire wnlted strength — C0, } ; L, Railroad Brotherhooda, miners. The - Lewis path ia one that serves those who » ‘want to drive away public support from _ 2 | The AFL's members, as vitally interested ©! ; as the CIO in the policy outlined at Palla- — ‘ | delphia, have the big task of bringing out ~ their unions for it. To do so they must bring = =} ' the full weight of their pressure against the — : Woll-Hutcheson Republican defeatist forces { ‘Uwho are engaged in intrigues with Lewis in '-Gefforts to mmash the ClO when labor uni i bis the urgency, :..; he or ee ae, — This is a clipping fron. page of the DAILY WORKER” #e5 BS NOt Date T7ry 4 19 dS. : 6 3 Clipped at the Seat of Goverment a] a ot betty Fg “ é B76.