MINERS’ STRIKE CALLED BY AMERICAN LEADER
WASHINGTON, March 11. The miners’ leader, Mr John L. Lewis, today called on all miners east of the Mississippi river to stop work from Monday until March 28 to protest against the appointment of Dr. James Boyd as Director of the Federal Bureau of Mines. President Truman selected Dr Boyd for the post last year, but the Senate has never approved the appointment and the Miners’ Union has fought it. Meanwhile, Dr Boyd is serving without payment. Mr Lewis criticised the appointment because Dr Boyd never worked in the coalmines.
The mine stoppage may improve Mr Lewis’s stategic position in the negotiations for a new contract with the mine-owners. The present contract will expire on June 30. There is now enough coal above ground to supply the nation for 50 days. It is suggested that Mr Lewis may be trying to reduce that reserve. The American railways will lay oil at least 40,000 men as a result of the proposed mine strike. It is expected that by the end of next week at least 50,000 railwaymen will be out of work. .
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1949, Page 5
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