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...NEVER HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF HARLAN COUNTY COAL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. IT DOES NOT AND NEVER HAS HIRED THUGS OR GOONS, OR "FOUGHT TO KEEP WAGES DOWN." ITS EMPLOYES ARE REPRESENTED NOT BY CIO'S UNITED MINE WORKERS BUT AFL PROGRESSIVE MINE WORKERS WHO HAVE TWICE DEFEATED UMW IN NLRB ELECTIONS. WE DEEPLY RESENT YOUR IMPUTATION OF ANTI-UNION ACTIVITY TO THIS COMPANY. IN HARLAN COUNTY, AS ELSEWHERE, OUR ONLY INTEREST IN UNION OR GANIZING EFFORTS IS TO LEARN THROUGH LABOR BOARD ELECTIONS WHAT UNION THE EMPLOYES WANT TO REPRESENT THEM...
...dispute between the United Mine Workers of America (CIO) and steel companies which own the mines-revolving around UMW demands for a union shop-appeared to have hogged down in a week-end stalemate. All sides maintained a strict silence...