Two Men Who Hold Reins
Mr Lewis engaged in a lively exchange with Senator Taft when the latter implied that Mr Lewis dictated union policy. Senator Taft said: “The question is whether you can tie up the whole country because you and the coal employers cannot agree.” Mr Lewis reeked: “No one could be induced to strike if he did not want to.” Senator Taft declared: “But it is practically up to you to decide what your union does.”
Laughter swept the committee room when Mr Lewis retorted: “I wonder at you saying that. Scnatqr. I, too, have read in the Press that you are pushing the Republican Party around and making all the decisions.”
Discussing the proposed labour legislation. Mr Lewis contended that to prohibit the closed shop would invite economic chaos in labour relations, and to make unions liable to damage suits by employers “might destroy , every labour organisation in America.”
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Northern Advocate, 8 March 1947, Page 7
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