The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-24
The Miners Convention and John |. Lewis

The hirteth Consecutive Constitutional convention of the
United Mine Workers of America tomorrow in the city
of Indianapolis and it eXaggeaton that the organi
zaon in its history faced serious situation than
confronts today Responsibility for the critical condition
the union rests mainly the shoulders of John L. Lewis
Tho John L. Lewis of porty bearing and impressive
rage would not waste valuable him but for the fact
that he stands for policy in the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea brought mighty organization verge
of ruin Because of this the conceed popnay Lewis who
would normally attract attention than small
catcher finds himself being discussed
The Lewis policy is the policy of the coal barOns When
that Lewis has betrayed the interests of the coal dgger
nduging in figure of speech We hewing to
the facts We not going state that John Lewis received
sums OF money from the mine owners at such and such place
Only bungng labor takers caught that What state
and stand ready that Lewis has weakened the ability
of the miners of this country to extract concessions from the
bosses to such extent that the longer take the
miners union seriously 1t ncontroverbe fact that 70
per the dug in United States today taken
of the bowels of the earth by non-unon labor
What has Lewis done block the march of non-unonsm
in the coal mining industry?
You judge for yourself whether the following steps
have been conducive to strengthening the miners union the
John L. Lewis spent the unions funds making war on men
like Alexander Howat of who fought the capitalists
that state stands going jail for the along with
other loyal worngass leaders like Dorothy Not only did Lewis
weaken the miners but he acted the part stool
pigeon helping the mine send Howat and his comrades
to jail
Lewis smashed the Canada and Nova Scotia by
lacking the mans and assisting the employers putting
reactionares in their place.
used union funds purchase alleged evidence of radical
coadgger who edits the United Mine Workers Journal
Lewis fink in charge of this work.
Lewis staunch supporter of the Coolidge candidacy
IN the last presidential election Coolidge the Wall Street
favore No coal miner need be informed that Wall Street
opposed to trade unonsm miner need be informed that
the Morgan millions behind the coal of West
Virginia
To omission would take up too much
space The foregoing is sufficient His grand gesture
posing Frank Harrington for accepting S25 900 job
from the Peabody Coal Co. will not fool miner who knows
that Lewis supporter of the district administration that
succeeded harrington administration headed by
Fshwck who involved with Harrington shady financial
deals with the Peabody Coal Company shown by photo
graphic copy of check published Daily Worker
In the recent elections in the miners union generally
admitted that John Brophy progressive mine leader received
majority of the votes But Lewis counted himself in Brophys
campaign platform "Save the Union" policy Lewis
platform ruin the union policy consisting solely idotc
attacks on the progressive elements.
The delegates gathered at the Thrieh Consecutive
stuona Convention of the United Mine Workers America
to themselves and to the whole American worngclas
to repudate the Lewis policy of catering the mine
making the progressves and his rue ruin attitude
in the union If the United Mine Workers Union be
stored to the proud position held in the army American
trade unonsm progressive policy must be laid down by the
convention and the Lewis agents. spers and
union wrecker must be accompany Frank Harrington
the payros of the coal barons whose they
doing perhaps salaYes