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Show COAL IMPORTING JOKE TO LEWIS Use of Foreign Fuel to Break Strike Farcial, Miners Chief Says NEW YORK, July 26. Importation Of British mined bituminous coal to prevent a famine among American Industries In-dustries "Is so apparently futile and abused is to constitute a huge joke."' John L Iewls. president of the United Mir; tVOrkfera "f Aui;: a .i-erUd today. "They tell me 500,000 tone of coal already has been contracted for at thu mines in Wales," lie said, " enough to keep the miners of America digging Just 2 1-2 hours on a day of average aver-age production. "When it is realized that the normal norm-al coal requirements of this country-are country-are 8.000.000 tons a week, while the utmost unloadlnR capuclty of all docKS on the American seacoast is less than 25 000,000 tons a year, it becomes ap parent how farolal are attempts to break the miners' strike with foreign fuel " Mr Lewis nald he had not been in communication with English union leaders or sought any agreement with Welsh miners which would result in a refusal to load union-dug coal for shipment ship-ment to America. on |