The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-07-04
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hotchet Out
The Truth
LEWIS A REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT-NON-
PARTISAN
DISCORD IN LEWIS CAMP
JOHN L. WILL WALK
ALONE

Let us return at least this once more
to John L. Lewis. There may be more
returns, but at least let's have this
one.
Once upon a time Lewis was Re-
publican. He buddied up with some
pretty good Republican labor men.
1t may be that Lewis didn't get the
rewards he wanted
Anyway, came NRA and the big
push for organization of Miners.
John L. Lewis became a good Roose-
welt Democrat, profting by Section
IA and it's successor.
Maj. George L. Berry formed La
boris Non-Partisan League to back
the Roosevelt second term and Lewis
kicked in with heavy money.
After the election Mr.. Lewis walk
ed in and invited Maj. Berry out and
thereafter Mr.. Lewis ran the show, put
ting the recently resigned Eli Oliver in
charge. With the change came vari-
Gus fellow travellers to the headquar-
ters of the League; BUT is still stood
for supporting Roosevelt.
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Came the COP convention in
Philadelphia and Mr.. Lewis went
there to make speech, which he
intended should raise havoc and
get headlines.
So he completed the breach
with Roosevelt and absolved Mr..
Hoover from blame for the Great
Depression, which, Of course, was
no one man job; but which didn't
get much curing until after Mr..
Hoover passed from the Washing
ton scene-or much alienation.
COP Politicians who would until
then, have enjoyed splitting in. Mr..
Lewis eye (if they had the courage)
promptly applauded him and made a
noise like great welcome home for
the prodigal, not to say prodigious,
son (after which some of the COPS
would still like to add certain other
words).
1t appears again that nothing on
earth is as funny as the human race,
nor probably as dumb in so many
things.
Lewis created havoc in the COP
show, which is good form as laid down
in the ''party line" which has first
tenet, the command to create dissen-
ton, discord and mis- understanding
among thine enemies.
So, what has been happening mean
while in the Lewis camp? Just this:
The discord WITHIN the Lewis fol-
lowing has grown apace. While dis
cord and confusion has been sown in
opposition ranks, 1T HAS SOWN IT.
SELF IN THE LEWIS RANKS.
1t reaches, believe it or not, right
into the heart of the so-called official
| family.
Lewis lieutenants today obey
orders with grouches, hesitation
and tongues in cheeks.
And that's how matters stand.
This is just reporting-nothing
else, as you can see.
| X X X
Even the best of fellow travel
ers are all mixed up among them
selves; they find it difficult to in
terpret the party line and they
just plain don't know where they
are at.
And there don't seem to be any
more parties at the soviet en-
bassy to get matters straighten-
ed out.
Now there are those who wonder
what the ranks and file of Miners and
steel workers and auto workers think
of all this, but the answer is simple.
! What THEY think doesn't make a
particle of difference, for the machine
has been so built that the rank and
file opinion is something to be OR
DERED and not obeyed.
More and more John L. Lewis
walks alone, however-and when that
happens anywhere, something inter-
esting generally is found GOING
SOME PLACE TO HAPPEN!