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Show IHTCHEIL MIL STAY WITH lOT NEW TORK. Karon 1,-John Mitchell, former prssadent of tha UnMed Kin Worker of Amertoa and recently chair, maa of th trad aa-rssmaat partmnt of the National Ctvtc, federation, has ' mad publlo hia resignation of hia of-ao of-ao and aMmbomhip In th tattw. It wan announced that President Beth Low , of the Clvlo Kederatloo had accepted the resignation to tak efface at th otoa of th present month. Mr. Mitchell's severance) of relation with th Clvlo Federation follows the stand reoantly taken by th ttnlted Mine Worker of America in declaring that any member of their oraanissttoo accepting accept-ing a position with the National Civic Federation would thereby forfeit membership mem-bership In th union. With thla choice pieced before him. Mr. Mitchell decided to realsn from the Clvlo Federation. HI letter of resignation says in part: "At the recent International convsa-- convsa-- tirm of th United Mine Worker of Amarica an amendment to the oonatltu-tion oonatltu-tion of that organisation waa adopted providing that any member of the United Mine Workers of America accepting a ' position ss representative of the National Na-tional Civic Federation a hail forfeit hia membership In th union. "It I needles to ssy that I iwgret th action of th miners convention, not ao much that It require me to choose ' between th two organisations aa be-causa be-causa of the unluet end gratuitous at- wtAaa ui-m in- inonai ivkj r cjrmrifn whirh. In fcddtrinn to Ita manr othAr ua. ful pubJio aaCtlvltltM, hta .tood eonaivt-ntlr eonaivt-ntlr as an advocat of rlshUotM li4ua-trtal li4ua-trtal pMr." Praident Low's mrrmvtinc ths rs tcnatlon says In part: "I sTatly reirrst the action (taken at the tnti-rnatlonal eonvtnt.on of the I nttd Mine Workers of Amr.-a whifh has constrained con-strained you to make thla derision. L'n-dr L'n-dr the rlrcwmata rvcasa. however. I think the course you have taken is both natural nat-ural and proper. "On behalf of the National Ctrl? Federation Fed-eration I therefore aooept your resirna-! tion from the executive council and from the onranlBAtfon and rlaae you from your contract as chJtlraiaji of the traie axreemnt drartment of the fee-ratWo. Alt to take effect on March XI. laliu". |