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Intrigue in Washington over miners strike and 1944 race
The article recounts White House pressure and factional fights over the coal confrontation led by Harold Ickes and John L. Lewis, the White House press conference, and fallout from Baltimore’s GOP mayor win signaling Democratic unease. It notes Axis war progress including shipping losses and naval challenges in the Atlantic theater.
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National War Labor Board
Harold L. Ickes
William H Davis
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Harry Hopkins
James F. Byrnes
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Mr. Lewis
Mr. Ickes
Labor
Frances Perkins
John R. Steelman
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New York City
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Lewis-Ickes
Hopkins
Frankfurter
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Baltimore
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Frank C. Walker
Maryland
Sidney Hillman
David Dubinsky
Howard W. Jackson
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North Africa
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