Evening star., 1948-10-06
UNIV Combines Attock
On Congress, Trumon
By Jones Y. Newton
Stor Stoff Correspondent

CINCINNATI, Oct. 6.-The Unit
ed Mine Workers Convention set
tied down today with a combination
attack on Congress and the Presi-
dent after john l.. Lewis looSed a
bitter TRADE against President Tru-
man.
Mr.. Lewis spoke of Mr.. Truman
as no major figure has referred to
a President in modern times. He
said that the President is cow
ardly" in his attitude toward labor
and among other things that he lis
malignant, scheming sort of indi-
vidual who Is dangerous not only
10 the United Mine Workers of
America but to the United States of
America"
The convention today considered
the joint report of the international
officers which said of the Eightieth
Congress among other things:
1T is mistake to call it a do
nothing Congress 1t did almost
everything that was asked of it by
the power lobby, the real estate
lobby, the contractors lobby, the
NAM. and all other pressure groups
of reaction. 1t did lot to the work.
ing people of this Nation in mega
tive way.
Recall of Congress Attacked.
President Truman called the
Eightieth Congress back to Wash
ington to make political hay With
the approach of the election he has
grown suddenly liberal and a great
exponent of the working classes.
The workers of the Nation are
expected to forget the infamous Tru-
man slave bill he advocated. The
miners. railroad workers, typograph-
ers and maritime workers are not to
remember his willingness to go be-
yond the confines of the Taft
Hartley law with injunctions which
forced them to work for private en-
ployers against their wishes. Labor
is expected to close their minds to
his removal from Office of liberals
and their replacement by reaction
aries and military men"
The report of Mr.. Lewis and the
other officers referred to a cold
war" which has been waged against
organized labor by both major par
ties and declared that the miners
would attempt to defeat every men,
Der of Congress who had voted for
the Taft-Hartley Act
Urged to Defeat Truman.
The report of the officers con-
cluded:
With becoming modesty our
before turning back to New Jersey,
where stops at Elizabeth and New
ark precede his entry into Jersey
City. In that stronghold of Frank
Hague, another of the Democrats
who wanted to dump Mr.. Truman
before the convention. he speaks
tomorrow night in Lincoln High
School auditorium.
Despite his pre-convention oppo-i
sition, Mr.. Hague, vice chairman Of
the Democratic National Committee,
has arranged an old-style political
show in connection with the Presi-
dents speech, with torchlight pa
rade and fireworks marking his
passage through Jersey City.
On Friday, the President will be
campaigning in upstate New York,
with Albaay on his calling list. Un-
less Gov. Dewey is away from his
desk, the presidential candidate
will be in the New York Capital
when the President stops 10 minutes
to talk.
Previously scheduled stops at
Corning, Elmira and Binghampton,
N. Y; Scanton, Wilkes-Barre, Beth
iehem and otner Pennsylvania cities
were eliminated to permit the Presi-
dent to return to Washington in
time for his Saturday conference
with Gen. Marshall
A new figure appeared in the
presidential party for this trip
George Harrison, president of the
AFL Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, who heads the labor divi-
sion of the Democratic National
Committee. poine along.