Show SHOWDOWN during the war and since john L lewis and his union have made monkeys out of all of us time and time again they have crippled caia p led production in our country their latest act demon demonstrates demonstrate strat t their heir complete disregard for the welfare of the people and the prestige of the government ina in a time of world crisis the report of the presidents fact finding board on the coal dispute shows the is a monopoly commenting on it john D battle of the national coal association said the board places blame for the coal mine strike on john L lewis the country is confronted with one man dictatorial powers over a commodity that is vital to the welfare of all the people the performance of lewis in recent weeks should clearly prove to the people that labor unions do not deserve exemptions from the antitrust laws where a labor monopoly is so injurious to the public interest for years all forms of business monopoly have been prohibited by law and properly so the country is now faced with a monopolistic union that surpasses any form of business monopoly ever known lewis has been arrogant and wholly unreceptive to every approach made by the coal mine owners representatives for a resumption of operation the orderly processes of government as provided by law have been sneered at by lewis the efforts of the united states conciliation service to get the mines back in operation were delayed and rendered ineffective by the same tactics of ridicule and evasion used by lewis against the coal mine owners the presidents fact finding board was impeded in its work and Us findings delayed as lewis had to be forced by a federal court to submit testimony lewis has delayed real consideration of any alleged grievance arising under the contract and has completely ignored provisions of the contract providing for handling disputes steps must be taken to prevent any man or any organization from exercising monopolistic control over the american economy |