Lewis Wrecking Coal Industry With Strikes
An op ed argues Lewis used strikes to attack a Democratic administration and shift coal prices. It criticizes his wage and tax tactics, notes oil replacing coal, and claims public utilities and consumers bear the burden while railroads modernize.
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Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Roosevelt
White House
Petrillo
Caesar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewis Washington
John L. Lewis
Texas
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Political shifts and labor reform talk headline
The piece surveys GOP momentum after a Democratic era, discusses efforts to curb Wagner act and push labor peace via a pact brokered by Sen. Owen Brewster and Sen. Irving M. Ives, notes Byrnes' resistance to Germany probes, and mentions a committee to solve veterans’ artificial limbs shortage led by Gen. Graves B. Erskine.
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GOP
Congress
Owen Brewster
Maine
Irving M. Ives
New York
N. Y. State
Cornell University
Ives
Brewster
Labor
Truman
Bob Taft
Trum
John Steelman
Graves B. Erskine
Iwo Jima
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Ralph Tate Sr
Ralph Tate Jr
Meiringer
Itzerland
Tate
Kilroy
American Transit Association
Tommy
Kathy
Helen Morgan
Reid W. McGibbeny
Crafton
Lee Nevereeeys
Dumont Television Laboratory
New York City
And
Motor Company
FFA
Gus R. Douglass Jr
Grimms Landing
W. Va
Future Farmers of America
John E. Kraft
Kraft Foods Company
FFA Foundation
M. de Saint Hardouin
The
U. S
Stan Miasek
Falcons
Detroit
A. Devitt Vanech
Clark
President’s Commission
Byrnes
Senate
Germany
Kilgore Committee, Co
Farm Machinery & Equip
Steel & Wire Co
N. Broadway
St. Louie
Ge Ene Ag
W. Jackson
Chicago
John Deere
Clinton Machine CO
Clinton
Michigan
Home Furnishings & Appli
A. G. Brauer
Price
Allied Detective Agen
Olive St
St. Louis, Mo
O-Lakes
Henry
Illinois
Wahlert & Guntzler
North First
Saint Louis
Bay U. S. Savings Bonds
H. P
Morris Paint & Varnish CO
Crick Shops
Delmar Blvd
ST. Louis 5
Pietro
WNU
Doan
Doans
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