Talk:John L. Lewis
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Lewis traded on the tremendous appeal that Roosevelt had with workers in those days, sending organizers into the coal fields to tell workers that "The President wants you to join the Union." The President in that case was Lewis, President of the UMWA, but if workers thought that it was Roosevelt, no real harm was done.
I'm not sure if that is entirely correct. Was it not the case that Roosevelt had signed into law the Wagner Act, giving workers the right to organize, which then prompted Lewis to use the phrase? To my knowledge when he said "President," he really meant FDR, since it was FDR who had signed the bill into law.
Daveman 84 05:22, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
