Show WASHINGTON LETTER Roosevelt-Lewis Roosevelt Split Believed Improbable in Spite of Rumors uY BT BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT R n Those who say ay there Is or soon will be bean bean b an open break between President President President dent Roosevelt and John L- L LLewis L LLewis Lewis may have a long watt wait be- be beCore before be before fore Core they can collect their bets Lewis has let the word get tet out that leaders of the C I 0 feel Roosevelt has let them down And has emptied Chat thai the Pros Pros- President dent may lose labor support Lewis resents the fact that t take a more forceful attitude In tn the little reel c l strike be b didn't Ills Ul-e Roosevelt s a Interpretation of the th publIc publics public's attitude toward labor disturbance in the plague on on both your houses comment he heIS he's h h's s 's sore because Roosevelt al- al aio alo owed al-owed o Ned ved Secretary of Labor Per- Per ins publicly to deplore strikes and Secretary Roper to leer Fifer criticism of ot C I L 0 by his r reference to violence I Lewis has had rough going recently On top of what appeared ap- ap apI ap appeared I to be defeat tor for him in t tie e little steel strike there was waa and widespread antipa- antipa hy thy hy to Lewis and his movement roen oen a II swing swint to the rival A F ot of L L followed the decision or of nany employers to encourage A Af r r of L unions as against C 1 O C Southern members of Con Con- Congress Con Congress gress gress have revolted reflecting the fear tear their constituents have that C I 1 0 will organize Negroes Ne- Ne roes Ne groes sharecroppers and other II poorly paid groups Roosevelt's plague on both your houses was a signal to Lewis that the heads of the in- in in steel companies would Lot ot be b called to the th White House Housa I nil asked by the President to Lome toI to a I peaceful settlement u ith the th steel union One reason for this is that the th r believed a result of oC uch action would be to gIVe om Girdler a chance to mike N W bitter attacks on the C I 1 v u and perhaps on Roosevelt Also the tho A F of L hose hosa the President vents ants ants pas hascen cen resentful of or Roosevelt s contributions to the C I r 0 o SU suc- suc successes roc I I 5 a r THE THE President Pre did not want the C 1 I 0 to lose lost the steel strike He Ht did much quietly to help Lewis But Roosevelt much more sensitive to public than LewIs Lewla ret responded to pres pres- pressure pres- pres pressure pressure I sure from frolD rota other groupS upon which he depends for support I The President decided not to Sf e the limit toward helping the C CI CI CL I 0 win the strike and further decided to reprove the Lewis group gently Privately the President that reports or of dynamiting by strikers made it necessary for or him to publicly t that at he h and Lewis were not going goine along alone hand ia in band hand Personally Roosevelt has no great liking tot tor or Lewis but e a feels Lewis is just the ambitious aggressive leader that Labor needs It Is doubtful if Lewis appreciates the tine points or of Roosevelt s a the scenes behind the scenes strategy employed to help the C CI CI CI I 0 Lewis has bas his own tech tech- technique technique technique which is to growl ar art complain when the administration tion fails falls to be as helpful h t Lewis thinks it should be ar i j o 0 mutter the threat that his pout lea machine will cut loose tro fro fro- tro-ithe tro the New Deal possibly form farmer labor farmer labor party RUT UT unless Lewis goes too far the will not break with Lewis A u 0 Lewis in spite of or all his JUU- JUU mu s- s will not break with U ti Ci a President as tong long as the th books balance as they do now The United Mine 5 an and affiliates contributed neat neal neail V l I a million dollars to last yc s DemocratIc campaign and ac- ac oc li ered a good many votes Bur Bu Lewis realizes Roosevelt s nr- nr im Pl importance in the General J victory that Roosevelt must b l t e thanked for the National L b t Relations Board and mu must l Ic looked to for tor an e s i e hour fit 1 hour bill and a Supreme Co U th th it will be friendly to labor |