Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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People in Cemeteries. Lewis needed a big gun. It was a hot legal spot where he sat. Despite a contract with the Government (nominal operator of the coal mines since May 21), he had sent his miners out on strike. Judge Goldsborough had tried to restrain him from doing just that, but he had done it anyhow. So Goldsborough had charged him with contempt of court. Now Padway was trying to prove that, because of the Norris-LaGuardia anti-injunction act, Goldsborough had no right to issue the restraining order, therefore Goldsborough could not hold Lewis to have been...
Padway, attempting to prove it a labor dispute, pointed out that terms and conditions of employment were involved; that the Government seized the mines last spring under the War Labor Disputes act; that Government operation of the mines is actually a legal phony...
...week, he silently clumped back into Goldsborough's small, dimly lit court. The trial for contempt was little more than an unloading of technicalities. It was pretty clear that Judge Goldsborough's mind was made up. This week he found John Lewis guilty of contempt. Lewis' legal position now was really hot. But his bargaining position got better every day as the coal mines remained empty...
...White House calling list was cut down so that the President could give his attention, if it were needed, to the coal strike. It was scarcely needed. Legal infantry were carrying out his orders in the court battles, following a strategy planned in advance. All that Harry Truman required was a series of position reports and estimates of the situation. These he got from his counsel, Clark Clifford, who was in & out of his office unnumbered times...
Faculty expersts will discuss the legal and economic aspects of "John L. Lewis vs. the U.S." when the Kirkland House Forum meets tonight in the Junior Common Room at 7 o'clock...