Show So Its It's Not A o Strike I Weve We've been hearing from labor sources that the stoppage of work in hi the coal mines of the nation is not a strike Now Bushy Bushy- John L. L Lewis comes out with the assertion that he is not responsible for the nationwide walkout The miners just decided decided decided de de- to quit because they had haq been gold bricked by the opere operators operators oper oper- he said But h he e did not answer the question as to how they all came to quit at the same time John Iii Lt U. U is fooling no one when he says this is not a astrike astrike astrike strike least of all his loyal followers They know its it's a strike and bad as their families need money for food and clothing they know they could not as individuals decide to go back and dig coal Many of Utah's miners have relatives in the Spring Provo-Spring- ville area where many homes have been cold and much 1 1 C tt-c tt fo tt T L h oiro HO V oon V 1 lar lr k- of nf ci oae c mar n In 1 U II l CUAY wUA u t 6 y v J v 0 aa a. a These miners do doubtless would like to dig some coal to he help p their Utah county relatives but can they do it Let some of them try to go back to the pits and see how soon they get struck Struck with an iron bar or rock and also struck from the union rolls By not producing coal the idle miners are forcing increasing increasing increasing ing g thousands soon perhaps millions of others from their jobs steel workers automobile workers farm implement makers builders build build- i ers etc Mining is perhaps the best paid of all types of manual la labor labor labor la- la bor in America today And the miners have not quit mining coal because they are unwilling to work A n news report Irom Trice Price Frice states Some miners have accepted temporary positions to tide them through the work vork stoppage In the east Carbon area some have have obtained erP employment n ment with the construction company pany erecting new housing in in Dragerton for Geneva Steel and at Sunnydale for forthe forthe the the Kaiser company A few men have left the district to obtain jobs elsewhere Yes the miners are willing to work all right but not at mining Why Because they get higher pay on other jobs No for they likely get a much lower wage Because the other jobs arey are easier While y mining is a hard job modern machinery has taken much of the hard work from it so that it is no harder than many outside jobs The miners are not willing to work vork in the mines because its it's a strike and they know v what would happen to them if they tried to go against the will of their labor bosses They stop their own work cause fellow workers at the Geneva Geneva Geneva Gen Gen- eva steel plants to be laid off for lack of coal and then the miners miner get employment erecting housing for the Geneva Steel It would woul seem this work should be given to the idle steel workers who ar are idle because of the lack of coal which is not being dug because o othe of the coal strike and not given to the strikers We used to think that John L. L Lewis was vas a great labor labo leader who was vas winning for his followers fair working c conditions His actions in recent years however have caused us to change our opinion We believe he is a power-drunk power selfish enemy I of American workers and of American people in general What does he care for the millions of jobs lost through lack of coal What does he care how many electric generators are idled and how many homes thrown into darkness and cold and inconvenience inconvenience inconvenience incon incon- and suffering because of lack of coal What does he care how much inconvenience is caused through curtailed train and mail service What does he care how this lack of coal sto stops s production of other goods and thus causes scarcities which will send prices skyrocketing skyrocketing skyrocketing sky sky- rocketing again What does he care how much he his own nation which at present is faced with perplexing problems at home and abroad and can ill afford this work stoppage through lack of coal No John L L. doesn't care a rap about these things if he can just win vin some new concession for his miners To hell with the rest of the people in America To o hell with workers in other industries dependent on coal Yes and to hell with his own miners who vho fo forced ced out of work in the mines by his command whether he admits it or not ot must seek other employment and take jobs away from other men who also have families families to support Already we dare say sa y the net 1 loss ass to all workers miners and others alike and the loss to the public generally is far far greater than can be made up in the next hundred years by any pensions Lewis' Lewis miners might receive even if he gets all his de de- de- de mands Yes a man who causes as much suffering and hardship as John L. L Lewis has causel in the past few years must be putdown put putdown putdown down as an enemy of all the people of this nation one who tries to to flout the laws of the land to embarrass the law officials and otherwise to gratify his own pride and ego It is such as John L. L Lewis that made Americans demand such a law v as the Taft-Hartley Taft act which he so despises And if the Taft-Hartley Taft law will not take care of Lewis in inthis inthis inthis this present case be sure that 1 Americans will demand a law that f 1 will take care of him People are g getting etting pretty fed up with being made the victims of these perennial childish tantrums of f such power-drunk power dictators as bushy John L L. L r- r |