Word: mined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...article on John L. Lewis was a flagrant case in point: "Paunchy Mr. Lewis is haunted by fat stomachs," but you fail to mention the equally important point that Mine Operator O'Neill is not haunted by them. And Harlan County, Kentucky is tacitly ignored...
...whole exhausting shutdown had stemmed from his demand for complete control of a miner's health and welfare fund. The mine owners had agreed almost at the start to pay royalties into it. They had even mentioned the 5?-a-ton figure which was ultimately agreed upon. They had balked at giving John L. complete control and he had refused to negotiate further. But he had happily accepted joint control from the Government...
...take the matter of watches. I paid $96 for mine. It's gotta be cleaned every 18 months and inspected twice a month-it can't ever vary over 30 seconds. Now, when I got to have it inspected in Ft. Scott, the Kansas end of my run, I got to walk ten blocks out of my way. What I want is for the company to pay the $3.50 for the cleaning and give me two hours twice a month for inspection time. See what I mean...
...cacophony of coal, steel and railroad shutdowns, the shrill cry of alarm from users of copper has gone unheard. Yet by last week the four-month strike of copper mine, smelter, and refinery workers threatened to shut down makers of refrigerators, washing machines, radios, telephones, vacuum cleaners, etc. Copper output was down to one-third of normal, while demand was at a peacetime peak...
...cost. Example: In 1944 pig iron cost Fontana $24.50 a ton v. $17.42 for the government-owned Geneva plant. Since then Kaiser has lowered his costs. With Eagle Mountain, Kaiser expects to quote steel-hungry Pacific Coast industries new low steel prices, but steelmen will wait & see. The mine won't be in full production for at least six months, and even then ore will have to be trucked 50 miles to the Southern Pacific tracks at Indio...