Word: tithingman
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...three weeks the U.S., grappling with war and winter, had suffered the most serious work stoppage since Pearl Harbor. Anthracite production had dropped from 1,300,000 tons a week to 888,000 tons. With the President's forced intervention, tithingman John L. Lewis had won the temporary right to continue to exact an extra 50? a month dues, but at a high price-he had lost his once-dominant control of the miners...
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