Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-07
Effort 10 Draft
Lewis Is Reported
Bye. 0. Sources
Labor Chief Is Silent;
Murroy Regarded as
Possible Successor

the labor world today awaited the
next move by John L. Lewis, who
told his followers he would quit as
head of the G. I. @. if Wendell l..
Willkie was defeated.
Mr.. Lewis was silent, turning
down all requests for election COM
ment. and while authoritative G. I.
o. sources reported that some pro-
Roosevelt leaders in the organiza-
ton were behind a movement to
draft" Mr.. Lewis for another term
as president, close associates de-
clared he would go through with
his promise to step down from the
leadership of the organization for
which he principally was respon-
sible.
Philip Murray Roosevelt sup
porter, who has been Mr.. Lewis
closest friend in the labor movement
for 80 years, is regarded as the heir
to the c. I. o. presidency.
C. 1. o. to Meet November IS.
Even if he quits at the G. I. o.
convention November 10, Mr.. Lewis
will continue to be figure in the
labor movement, since he also is
president OF the United Mine Work
ers' Union. Rumors that he was in
danger of losing his influence in
the miners union we're scoffed at
by U. M. w. representatives, who
commended the mine workers would
follow Mr.. Lewis as labor leader if
not as political leader
A. F. of L. sources said new moves
to heal the split in the labor move
ment would be logical now, but that
1t might take several months to
work out settlement.
Much depends, 1t was said, on
what action is taken by the needle
trades union in the c. I. O., led by
Sidney Hillman, labor member of the
defense commission. Mr.. Hillman
and his followers were early advo-
Gates of third term for Mr.. Roose-
welt. Mr.. Hillman also has advo-
Gated more exploratory peace con-
ferences to end the feud with the
A F. L. but Mr.. Lewis objected on
the ground that there were no as
surances such conferences would be
fruitful.
The A F. L. will open it's national
convention at New Orleans the
same day the c. I. o. goes into ses-
sion at Atlantic City. Advance re-
ports indicate that william Green
will be elected president for another
term.
New Peace Move Hinted.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself indicated
at Hyde Park yesterday that re-
newed efforts to bring together the
warning labor groups might be I'M
dertaken, perhaps with his enhanced
personal influence behind them.
This hint of new labor peace move
came when reporters present at the
Chief Executives dedication of Hyde
Parks new post Office asked for a
STORY"
Mr.. Roosevelt called their atten-
ton to signs carried by men in the
crowd OF onlookers. These said
when Lewis Resigns Labor Will
Have Peace" and Not Lewis, but
Unity"
In the light of Mr.. Lewis break
with the administration Tuesdays
vote in the principal coal-mining
areas were scanned with particular
interest, but the only visible effect
was the reduction-with the excep-
ton of Alabama-in the majorities
obtained by President Roosevelt, in
comparison with those of 1886. In
Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ken
lucky and Ohio the President ran
well behind his 1886 vote, but it was
recognized that there were other
forces than the Lewis displeasure-
the third-term issue, for example
that might have figured in the sit
uation. In the four coal counties of
Alabama the President ran ahead of
his 1886 vote and in the three coun-
ties of Virginia where coal is mined
the total was about 500 lower.