Evening star., 1946-12-05
Lewis Facing More Penalties
Will Post Bond and File Appeal;
Truman Broadcasts SundayNight
President to Ask
Miners to Go
Back to Work
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman will address
the Nation on the coal strike Sit
uation Sunday night in a radio
talk in which he will incorporate
a plea to the miners to return to
work.
Press Secretary Charles g. Ross
announced early this afternoon that
the President would speak for about
20 minutes, beginning at 8 O'Clock.
All networks will carry his talk.
Mr.. Ross said the President will
address the people on the situation
growing out of the coal strike"
Prior to the formal announce
ment it had become known that
the President planned the speech
and that he proposed to make a
plea to the miners to resume dig
ging coal.
No Work ON Draft Yet.
Mr.. Truman has not yet started
writing the speech, but he has
started thinking about It," Mr..
Ross said. adding that he has been
thinking about it very hard"
MIR. Ross said that of course
what the President says will depend
in the final analysis on the status
of the strike at the time of the
talk.
The address will be the second
that an industrial crisis has
pI ompted the President to make.
He spoke to the country at the
time of the railroad tieup last
spring.
At one time during the war, the
late President Roosevelt stepped
into mine strike and urged the
miners to ignore John L. Lewis
leadership and resume digging coal,
but shortly before the President
went ON the air Mr.. Lewis called of
the strike.
Speech Suggested by johnson.
Only last night, Senator johnson,
Democrat. of Colorado suggested a
fireside chat. He said it was proper
for the President to delay any ac-
ton until the court decision was
reached.
"But now that the court has
acted, the basic problem still re-
mains of how to get coal" Senator
Johnson added "T71e first thing
that should be done now is to talk
to the public in Nationwide
broadcast and give them the entire
facts of what the Government Is
planning. Part of the public al
ready is panicky and presidential
speech would clarity things. Among
others, it would reach the miners. !"
Mccarthy Urges Draft Of Miners.
Senator-elect Mccarthy. Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin renewed an
earlier proposal that the draft law
be used.
"Now that the court has acted
believe the President should use his
powers to Immediately draft John
L. Lewis into the armed services, -
Mr.. Mccarthy, World War II OFF,
Ger, said in an interview. Lewis
should be directed to order his
miners to mine coal. If he does not
do that he should be court-martialed
I'VE should go straight down the
line. If subordinates of Lewis fail
to order the miners back, they
should be court All this
talk about you can't put 100000
miners in Jail is lot of stuff.
"They won't go to JAIL, They will
mine coal first
Lucas Backs Court Sentence.
Most legislators were reluctant to
comment on the Judgment meted
out by Justice T. Alan Goldsborough
on Mr.. Lewis and the United Mine
Workers.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illi-
nois, however, issued statement
saying the fines levied by Justice
Goldsborough were proper and pre-
dieting the Supreme Court will up
hold the action. Senator Lucas
added:
1.-The untenable position of Lewis
in this crisis is a hard blow to labor's S
cause, and 1t IS high time that other
labor leaders recognize this If they
are to keep many of the gains they
have made in the last IL years"