Word: lewises
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was not even a rustling of hope in the U.S. coal fields. John L. Lewis' "voluntary" walkout hardened into a stubborn stalemate and his 480,000 coal diggers were morosely exhibiting John L.'s latest variation on an old theme-the no-day work week.
Arrogant and imperturbable as ever, Lewis surveyed the idle coal fields and kept his own counsel. He drove his Cadillac over to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. (acquiring a ticket for speeding on the way) to attend negotiations with the northern, and western coal operators. John Lewis had no quarrel...
Britain's government, says Lewis, is trying to do something about this state of affairs, but it is doing it all wrong. It is spending most of its art appropriations on lectures, official salaries and historical art exhibitions, and setting aside less than ?5,000 a year to buy...
"The State," moans Lewis, "has killed the geese that laid the golden eggs . . . but it has not itself become a giant goose."
* Not to be confused with British Humorist and Biographer D. B. Wyndham Lewis (The Hooded Hawk, Francois Villon), no kin.