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i Industrial Workers Seek to Top Fund Quota

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_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES —___ SER Lewis Faces Possible Jail Sentence on Co

THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1946

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As Result of Walkout by 400,000 Defiant Mine Workers

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° (Continued From Page One) |with all mines working of about|was still in effect. They went home |action could be expected betol K g . ‘ 2,200,000 tons. determined to sit out a decision |midnight, he raised his hands in a In an : that Mr. Lewis probably would ap- Willing to Risk Jail between Mr. Lewis and the govern. gesture that could have been imHead Calls for $12 pear in court voluntarily once a th ment. ' ploring 3 could have been shrug- Are " show-cause order is issued. It was war between S Soyer. “They're pretty sore” sald Abe SINE and Tepeated, "entiemen, ‘he Million War Chest. | If the government proceeds in a Ment hd Mr. lay. » and Mr. Lewis) y.\es, president of district 19 in nation with a pons Bn Bree wi ; criminal action, Mr. Lewis would be oi I willing to risk jail rather *CUtheastern Kentucky. “They're enough to last 36 to 38 days. But or (Continued From Page One) served with a warrant by a U. 8. gener. He Was F alto dissatisfied with the bossing job the|that supply was distributed un- | u ialistio revolution was marshal and arraigned before a U.|than ble d ‘ tracts Flaiking also government has done. Bitterness! equally so the walkout would have | that a S. commissioner, either here or inthe possible destruction o Pp has increased in the Jast 24 hours.’ |a quick effect on some consumers. : - Alexandria in the labor movement. But he was Christraag Predicts Shutdowns i MAJ . Reuther was the first C. L Th a civil contempt proceedings, betting that he could come out Thinks of Mr. Ka: Prediciel 7 eke ot 16. 1 O. "big gun” to speak on the wage his lawyers would be asked to pre-| more powerful than ever. Another miner thought of his dav ay Jrock - Sli pg F national s called up by Mr. Murray, h It was war, and President Tru- family as he hung up his lamp at : { d confli Mr ) on the C. I. O sent Mr. Lewis for the hearing. knew it. He called the sig-|the Montour No, 10 mine of the tailed production in 15 per cent of and confi . Reuther called LP - man - . ’ 9 . & “to lead the vanguard of an eco ~| _ [Extradition Not Necessary |, for 4 showdown through. the Pittsburgh-Consolidation Coal Co. | cho, Reich Power plan's © pet this Paci : nomie struggle to establish the kind In no case would extradition pro-|.,.rts, “My boy asked for a bike for|py.product coke plants, 15 per cent ple are all of . relationship between wages, ceedings be necessary if Mr. Lewis| The country-wide shutdown of) Christmas, but I guess I won't be|of the class 1 railroads, 22 per cent to eat, are F prices and profits necessary to decided to sit in his home until|bituminous mines choked off they able to get it for him now,” hel of cement mills and 25 per cent of srnment a ae achieve full-production, full-em- called upon to appeat flow of a vital fuel to industries!sighed. | other industrial plants. from the U ployment and full consumption.” po 's staly . and homes. The issue was so drawn| More than 150,000 miners had| A 60-day strike, Mr. Krug said, This . ast Living Cost Accelerated Mr, Sonnett's stall, it was learned, |, weer Mr. Lewis and the gov-! jumped the gun before the deadline | would close 60 per cent of the steel made at or G3 ‘that since July, 1046, the was working=on a variety of legallernment that the nation could ex-|and the rest stayed away from their | mills, 64 per cent of electric power press cont bt He said tha : dered papers in order to meet any con-|pect to pay a heavy price before jobs in thé 26 soft coal producing|plants, 90 per cent of the coke held. i, federal government had Ege wa tingencies that might arise. These|One side retreated. | states today. plants 3 per cent of Class 1 rail- A party or 1 big business and ac- pare In walkin th ig- (roads, 90 per cent of cement mills spon - pie Bl on of living increases. Plans to top their quotas during the extended Community fund drive are discussed by (left to right) would include the types necessary do Pre ' for Bustos ad or yale ou, She Bn. ie and 70 pe er of other factories, ; Boents y om era obligation as trade| James S. Rogan, chairman of industry and finance; Otto J. Feucht, chairman of the industrial division, and | ror either a civil procedure or a i volume gene dos Vour® i a government-operated mines telling| Five major railroads said today Y Be i Ve hmve an onifs Frank RB. Weaver, associate chairman of the Industrial division. criminal procedure. Jans to & 8 them that their contract still was|that 40 trains serving Midwestern | = : unionists to establish a balan enyar, associate Nl . The interior department. reported |Séfvice and to Fequest electricity ia ettepy |and Gulf states would be withdrawn | Jintron - — he 3 { » featicusiy Er anon roductive pow- term as O. IL O. president. [prison or have lost civil rights “An unprecedented crisis exists | that only 78 to 100 of the 3000 soft FIVmOUs by Clea fo CONSEIYE) mg notices, signed by Secretary | from service Sunday night in com this sland y ive t just to catch = with the cost! New resolutions were submitted! Others pledge more intensive po- in the American school system,” the |coal mines still were operating to- Lei entisale oat th of Interior J. A. Krug, said the | Pliance with an office of defense Happie mer, not jus beyond the c0st|to the convention last night. These litical action in 1047-48 elections at | resolution on education asserted. |day. atest estimate were that the na- | ynery were expected to remain at | transportation order, ; ? Ro vba ply ve called - President Truman to re- the local level, Others urge Ameri- It blamed under-payment of teach-| The department sald the still tion had a 37-day soft coal supply. gone The order also may force the clos- || Through Bb of Juma; he a. {nin resolu- |tain nd enforce rent control, and [can school teachers to follow the |ers, under-financing of school sys- operating mines produce about But it was unevenly distributed and| uy grug had authority to ask|ing of seven major repair shops op | Yealsy thay hy Muers on Ye —_ Er Mr. |to a amnesty for | of workers in basic industry tems and under-manning of class 200,000 tons of coal a day as com-|the strike was expected to affect|;;, wor department for troops if|erated by the Illinois Central rail | much happ : oy ed tion Yor “another lconiselentious objectors who are in |by joining a C. I. O. mass union. |rooms. pared to normal daily production many : home and factory Within | some miners wanted to work and (road. Officials of the road said the | Holling 1s \ Murrays re-elec Short time. wanted protection, It was indicated, [Shops would be closed this week Japs had it. “op » * Behind Mr. Lewis were 400,000| however, that he was not con-|end, and 3500 employees furloughed, He said 1 a United Mine Workers (AF.of LL) templating a request for troops. if the coal walkout continues, dom under A who heeded his signal to quit the Has Strong Support ‘Trains eliminated by the order wouldn't let a government-operated mines begin-| Mr, Lewis had the entire labor Will affect schedules from Illinois Lslands free = ning last midnight. movement as well as his own union| West to Nebraska and from Minne- didn't like = Mr. Lewis gave the “no contract” (behind him, The C. I. O. convention | Sota south to Louisiana. government. signal, and the miners again fol-|at Atlantic City, N. J, adopted a hb did lowed their “no contract, no work”| resolution yesterday condemning ) gion 1h po slogan. They ignored government|the government action and assert- LADY MOUNTBATTEN S he'd heard J Galzts that they still had a con- ing that the order violated the| VISIT HERE CANCELED Yt admitie ¢ He miners also ignored tices; 0 LaGuardia net. Lady Iris Mountbatten, whose smoothly in w posted at the pits by the navy coal A similar protest came from A.F. husband is a cousin of the king of Not | . of L, President William Green, who England, will not visit here tomor=- ; mines administration which stated predicted the miners would not go|row The happi th - . 3 i Bee with the, Be back work until they had a new| She wasc to have visited James O. dom bl us : contract. Weddel, 3306 Kenwood ave, a fore nan 3 effect, : From President Truman's holiday! mer merchant marine radio opera= gretwhile J T Mr. Lewis had sald it wasn't in a headquarters came word that there|tor who met a friend of the royal yrs Used a : statement Nov. 15, and he refused had been no change in the decision|lady during service in the British Wry in the 's to withdraw his declaration al- it; Jet the court fight against Lewis Isles. The friend, Michael Kent, The othe - though ordered by a federal judge run #fs course. accompanied Lady Mountbatten on cs ap (to do so. The miners were backing Clark Clifford, the President's her trip to the U. S. a few weeks nomic rg | him up. special counsel, conferred by tele- ago. : Places, otis A Pennsylvania deep pit miner phone. three times yesterday after-| The Weddell family would not i it . declared: noon with Mr. Clark and twice with |comment on the proposed visit, but is a Tome | “If John L. goes to jail, this Mr. Krug. Ewing L. Cox, treasurer, Fidelity King Laini coufitry won't get a ton of coal.” Hoped for Settlement Spa. 0. iid Nes Soubtiul Hiat dise of well: oun en come. He No Picketing Started It was apparent that the admin- |; Ny i the Weddell family, where the c There was no picketing—no dem-|isiration had hoped and expected he added. JOR raw onstration. Mr. Lewis to bow to the court order. refusal ou The miners left the mines With] yr ar 1ewis was aware of the RUSS ZONE SHUT TO NEWSMEN has ordered mixed emotions, but they all left.'iq, ove] government conferences| BERLIN, Nov. 21 (U. P.).—Gen, Nee Some said frankly that they hadn't! ocierqay he gave no sign. He| Joseph McNarney told press ote The king " recovered financially from the 59- kept himself secluded throughout|spondents today that Marshal Vas- of the wag day strike last spring. the day. He emerged, sober-faced sily Sokolowsky, Russian oormandes ee Others were deflant and angry! in Germany, c

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