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John l.. Lewis last minute attempt 10
force the passage of law by Congress
that is desired by his communist labor Or
ganization, was a spectacle calculated to
shake this country's indifference to the
meaning of the Clio campaign.
Here is the comment of Congressman
Cox of Georgia on the Lewis incident:
"John L. Lewis grievance against the rules
committee grows out Of the fact that the COM
mittee will not take orders from him.
''His parking himself in the speakers office on
Monday and summonng members of the house
before him 10 be intimidated into doing some
thing that violated their sense of right was one
of the most disgraeeful things that has ever
happened under the dome of the capitol
"Mr Lewis and his eommunistic cohorts have
done enough injury to the country. They have
had too much 10 do with the writing and admin
istering of public laws and am glad to see him
stopped The rules committee will probably con-
itinue to throw him out his often as he
comes back with his proposals that menace the
public veal"
Another Democratic Congressman, Lam
neck of Ohio, made this comment:
1.-THE American sense Of humor which is wide
Iamneek said, "and so / feel that it is gonig to
prevent a Lewis cataelysm.
There may be funnier things in this world
today than John of the shaggy locks and weep
ing willow eyebrows setting up one-day king
dom in the capitol and then having his regal
chair ierked out from under him, but cannot
conceive of il >" . Phi. "a- -
The Lewis performance was roundly
condemned in all quarters where comment
was forthcoming; but there are mitigating
circumstances which should be considered
ip appraising the matter. For example,
there is the fact that Lewis and his cohorts
supplied 100000 to the 1886 campaign
in which the present national administers
ton was elected. Lewis is a realistic and
bard-headed cuss His view is that the
radicals purchased and paid for the ad.
rainistration and that Congress belongs to
his communist labor organization. He said
as much and in every way evidenced mis-
opinions by his conduct in Washington last
Monday.
when a man of Lewis character and
calibre puts up money in half million dol
lar wads ne expects to reap where he has
sOwn, and the harvest for Lewis and his
gang siheethe administration and the Con.
gress was bought and paid for, has been so
successful and copious that John just nat
urally figured he could cock his feet on
Speaker Bankhead's desk in that gentle
mans office, send out runners to order
congressman to report there and have
them trot to do his bidding. '.'..'.- IS
The administration has devoted much
time and effort since 1886 to convincing
Lewis and his followers that it proposed
TO keep the bargain and that what was
bought and paid for would be delivered.
witness the legislation enacted Il" make
radical labor partner in the sociaIistic-
eommunistic control of the nation. Such
as the NLRB, the American Counterpart
M some particulars of the Russian OGPU.
and as bad IN all essentials as anything
dohe I'm Russia by the communists. van
Witness the attitude of the administra-
uPpn IN permitting Lewis and his cohorts to
RAISE lnSurrections in various States OF. the
on'on' to override and defy State and 10;
cal governments, to seize and forcibly hold
the property of other citizens, to call thou
sands Of strikes in industry without reason
or excuse and cause the loss to labor ant
industry of millions Of days of proftabl
employment and hundreds of million o
dollars IN wages and industrial profits.
Witness the cowardly conduct of tn
administration in permitting the radical
TO seize United States mail, to issue order
to postmasters and other federal employee
to block the delivery of the mails, an
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