The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
by DreSU PS0rSON

Mas, vovs Aerela ES0hune correspondent also haa some elAsAes with MaeArthNr, and when cenAotenip wNs finally htted wrote 2 ecathN sssss oh se nov manaeN
 An Os which may Se why the Herald Ttlb h now esNnaea hy NaeArthur as approaching NownE'eM SulckeEy and dishonesty"
 When a CTsSls @ over N goes back to pleaaaneer things
 nm while mos. people now are busy with turkeys ana SshrastmAS trees, John t Lewis-even houBh ms SWShS brow ceases to adorn the front peees-oen. tinNes an ever-psesent problem with another strKe
 TAe columnist therefore, believes lt important so continue to remind the public of Mir hewiss back. SlAee operNtAonS, When a man Amasses @ much power as John l and uses as ss , "s v,a o what some of his own men have to say anous mnl'
 This column has long champloned the general cause of the miners but not A the miners Netee wtn their union bosS-though few have the nerve to speak out about him,
 However, here is a letter from one union organ iper who works directly under Johns brother, Denny Lewis and whose name must be wIthheld-tor onVl' ous reasons His letter tells It's own story;
 we field representatives who do the very neees. SArS Spade-work for the organization ere required to do everything from painting the homes ot the regional union headquarters to murder For Ihs we get the maRnNnimoOs salary of S20O per montn. pus the EckinR around attested in the enclosed docu- mentS
 My home is n Indiana, was transferred to pennSvivanla mainly because disapproved of beat. ing up or murdering Negro organizer of the rlvai Cro>
 ~Take a look at the upper Elght.hand corner of the enclosed letter, You will find ueorge F Rice hacked out and his successor supermpoSed Rice was neatly framed in the standard way because he couldn't see his way clear to holding up an employer for the last outside cent during contract negotiations with Gunnison Home of New Albany, Ind He was ruthleSsly fired
 The list of Lewis ex-employes is large and grow ing daily, You can readily see why The pay doesnt attract the higher type of men, and when 1t does, the treatment soon sickens them, When say Sicken
 mean that you fight like hell for leave-ot absence clauses or seniority in contract only to find that the union yoN represent wouldn't think of allowing these benefits to its own employees,
 we little fellows are just waking up to the fact that the good old days of union for unions sake are about gone; replaced by the S 100000 treasury and a dtctatorial attitude that makes the meanest employer of the dark ages of labor look like piker
 T came into the work of union organizing with the conviction that there was more noble occupas ton than trying to better the condition of my fellow men. That is still my honest conviction. What didn't know however is that the top brass have rec fused to recognize the signs of the times and sat right down astride their multmion dollar treasuries and in effect said: From now on all you can do is pour it in here while dictate your politics your privilege of earning a living and generally become more paternahstic than any employer ever dreamed of being in his palmieSt days
 So Drew, if you can use this without getting leaden slug in the short ribs go to it"