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Mine Workers Split from CIO in Cincinnati Vote
United Mine Workers of America voted to withdraw from the Congress of Industrial Organizations in a near unanimous decision. Jonn L. Lewis urged delegates to choose between him and CIO, citing financial debts and anti-union campaigns by CIO leaders. He called for unity only with groups ready to cooperate and criticized CIO officials and their loans.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Jonn L. Lewis
UMW
CIO
Lewis
Committee On Officers
Music Hall
Hina Lewis
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Bill Green
Washington
John Lewis