WORK HALTED OVER PROSECUTION OF U.S. MINERS’ LEADER
WASHINGTON, April 15 'Federal Judge Alan Goldsborough deferred until April 19 his verdict in the contempt case against the United Mineworkers’ president, John Lewis. In final addresses to-day, Government counsel argued that Lewis was guilty, of criminal and civil contemn! “beyond reasonable doubt,” in not obeying* the court order of April 3 to send the miners back to work “forthwith.” The defence contended that Lewis ha dnever called the strike, but had informed the miners that their pension contract had been The miners under their policy of “no contract, no work,” had chosen to stay away from the pits. Lewis told the miners nine days after the court order wag served on him that the contract had been honoured as the result of a pensions agreement with the owners, „„ „„„ Only about half the nation’s 40.0,000 soft-coal-miners are now working. The remainder are apparently awaiting Judge Goldsborough’s verdict.
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Grey River Argus, 17 April 1948, Page 2
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