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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT John L. Lewis Censured By CIO (Continued from page 2) In order that the position of the CIO and the United Steelworkers of America may be clear to every employee of Remington Arms Company in Utah we quote the official statement on the question appearing in the current issue of Steel Labor, official publication of the USA-CIO. reads: LEWIS That ENDANGERS statement NATION’S EXISTENCE It has been the position of the Congress of Industrial Organizations that the welfare of the nation is paramount to all things, in peacetime and in war. The entire program of the CIO has been directed toward that end. Nothing must jeopardize the winning of the war. In times of emotional stress the labor movement of this country must be particularly wary of any person or element which seeks to substitute for sane and democratic processes willful and revengeful dictation. Labor’s rights must be protected — vigorously protected— but they must be protected within the framework of rational procedure. Public servants and leaders of labor must follow this tenet. On the the CIO basis must of these condemn principles the actions of John L. Lewis and any others who reject established procedures for equitable adjustments of labor’s true grievances. This man has consistently schemed to undermine duly established wartime agencies which have sought in this emergency to substitute conciliation for strikes and lockouts. This is particularly true in his attacks on the War Labor Board which was established through the unanimous consent of labor, including ‘Mr. Lewis. He has done this in public utterances and more _ viciously through his personally directed publication which has carried repeated and wholly unwarranted attacks on spokesmen for the CIO who are loyally supporting both our government and our labor movement. He has jeopardized the just demands of the United Mine Workers of America by exploiting the injustices in the mining industry in furtherance of his personal and political vendetta against the President of sands from lions of including Americans the on _ many the coal armed _ service mines. The CiO has stated its position in regard to the equitable proposals put forth in behalf of the miners, but in loyalty to our country and in the interest of the labor movement we must emphatically denounce any individual who seeks to use United States, our Commander-in-Chief. He persists in these activities, although he must know that they endanger the very existence of our nation and the lives of the milfront, in the the legitimate bor and the grievances of la- for irrespensible personal political aggrandizement and with a studied indifference to our entire war effort. thou- Workers Condemn Ickes Fine (Continued from page 1) Naturally the coal miners are boiling over—and they have ample justification. If Mr. Ickes had deliberately tried to promote industrial chaos he could not have selected a more effective Starting point. If Mr. Ickes had no authority to negotiate a new contract with the coal miners, where did he obtain the right to fine them? First reports indicate that a timized coal miners is sweeping ports disclose that all divisions of at the harsh treatment accorded wave of sympathy for the victhe Nation. Preliminary reorganized labor are astounded the coal miners. Mr. Ickes and the administration may have had an idea that such a fine would tend to diseredit Mr. Lewis and break his hold on the coal miners. The contrary will be the result. Lewis will emerge as the stout defender of his followers against a reprisal that comes as the greatest blunder of the administration in its long fight with the redoubtable John L. Pubhe sympathy likely will veer to the coal miners as a result of John of the outrageous act of the Secretary. The L. Lewis will be strengthened immeasurably. hand The hold of Mr. Roosevelt on the good will of American workers will be diminished. ‘There will be a certain amount of confirmation of the suspicion that maybe, after all, Lewis had reason to be wary of Federal agencies who may have been eunning for him. From the standpoint of coal production and the puble welfare the action of the Secretary is unwise—extremely so. Coal production will not measure up to expectations with sullen resentment by miners displacing cooperation. The net result of the Ickes move is that chaos may prevail in the coal fields when the present truce expires on the 20th unless what appears to be the wanton reprisal of the Secretary on the coal miners is prompetly President of the United States. disavowed by the |