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Show Closed Coal Mines Four Days Pictured above is John L. Lewis as he appeared at a press con-1 con-1 ference before a truce brought an end to a strike of 53,000 miners in the nation's "captive" coal mines. When the picture was taken Lewis declared de-clared he was telling President Roosevelt "no" in response to a White House request for a settlement of the dispute. But after a conference between the President, Lewis, Myron Taylor, former head of U. S. Steel, and William Davis of the National Mediation board, the miners went back to work under terms of a 15-day truce which called for further mediation of the issues involved. |