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-5- United States on the same date.. The miners then returned to wort: and coal operations were resumed. The Krug-Lewis Agreement by its terms-- ". . . covers for the period of government possession the terms and conditions of employment in respect to all mines in Government possession which were subject on Harch 31, 1946, to the National Bituminous Coal ace Agreement dated April 11, 1945." The defendant Lewis fully realized this, for on the occasion of his siming the contract he stated in a Newsreel—- "A contract has.just been covered by execution in the White House. I is a national bitweinous agreement by and between the Governnent as represented by Secretary of the Interior irug and the United lline Workers of America. It setties for the period of Government operation Bil the cuestions al issue. Tf should be susvainec amc susvortea oy the entire countr;, and I am confident that it will result in the imcediate volume production of bituminous coal sufficient to fulfill all the requirements of the country Telecrams are bein> sent to all local unions at once instructin: them accordingly."