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John L Lewis — Part 30

81 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 22, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: John L Lewis · 81 pages OCR'd
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a . ( . sot wee. pe ee ee eee e , ’ : . - - : se ¥ wa Fw Soe a plete Mine St Strike N {ay “| bone ; ke ORDERING government seizure of the ae mines, President Roosevelt took the only iF course open to him to protect the interests . H of a nation at war. ordering the fourth mine strike, pobn \ 1 as once more extended a h and to the Axis, and he did it at the very moment when the cables on the Moscow conference agreements were ‘spelling out an early doom for Hitler, While Senators Rey- nolds and Wheéler, Lewis’ political friends, were mouthing their dissatisfaction because the last weapons wete knocked out of Hit- ler’s hands, Lewis sought to knife the home front. ’. Once more the country ‘can see who really leads labor. At Philadelphia, the CIO econ- : é ‘vention under President Philip Murray's | Jeadership, reaffirmed its unqualified no- ‘strike pledge at a special order of business. ' The ClO fully recognizes that Hitler’s doom is near, but it also recognizes that it will still take hard fighting and sactifices to make thet possible. It warned against coin- placency, Lewis is acabbing upon that policy of labor, and {fs exploiting the grievances of - the miners to accomplish his purpose. As we have stated many times, the miners | are justified in their dissatisfaction with the -WLE agreement. But this cannot serve | " excuse for the strike. ‘ all The reactionary bloc in Congress which _ even at this hour is preparing to fight sal an LYS a, A President's program for a roli-back in prices OT Rico. that he outlined in his food subsidy message NOV 5 tf" Monday, is, like Lewis, responsible for the - * situation: so_are the profit-hungry empioy- ers and so is the inflexible attitude of some government officials and the War Labor This is a clipping from Board. page F£ of the But by etriking and playing into the hands - ' eee —_—. era! stream of Isher in 2 campaign to win Reh Bi Bb sss Wk Saw Se oS @ sound stabilization program, Price ro becks, democratic taxes and wage adj ments. Through a united effort, labor coul 5° 3) win much without harming the war effort. ry of labor's enemies, the miners are jeopardiz- DAILY WORKER _ ing their own interests both as workers and = pete citizens. They should instead jom the gen- Clipped at the ‘Se of Gov ment. O27 Coiba whe eee me a ah yea ~
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