JOHN L. LEWIS GETS SALARY DOUBLED
NEW YORK, October 12. The United Mine Workers’ annual conference at Cincinnati to-day voted the president, Mr John L. Lewis, a 25,000 dollar salary increase, bringing his total pay to 50,000 dollars, and making Mr Lewis the second highest paid Labour leader in the world. Mr James Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, is the highest paid with 54,000 dollars annually. The two vice-presidents’ salaries were raised from 18,000 to' 40,000 dollars annually. Executive board members will receive 1000 dollars monthly. The conference rejected a proposal that Mr Lewis be president for life, but provided that the officers elected in December sdrve for four years.
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Grey River Argus, 14 October 1948, Page 6
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