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Facing the Facts With PHILIP PEAKL The lunatic fringe in our populace, which has been in mourning since the death of Uuey Long, is now hailing a new leader, John L. Lewis. evidence is piling up on all sides that Lewis is seeking to mobilize the morons into a third party with himself as their candidate for President of the Lotted Slates this year. me black-browed bellyacher of the CIO actually believes he can stir up enougn unrest and discontent to under mine any candidate the Democrat* or Republicans may nominate and be elected himself. To this end, he first entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the Communists. The latter think they can use Lewis as long as he serves their purposes and then dump him overboard. Lewis thinks he can use the communists as long as they serve his purposes and then give them the bum s rush. Nice people. The second step in Lewis’ campaign was to raise a f <60,000 political fund by levying |1 assessment against the miners in January and February. Hu next move was to try to put the blast on Roosevelt, Lamer and Mc Nutt, plus the whole Republican party during the Mine Workers’ convention. UK'S ~ «HV CANDIDATE During all his maneuvers, Lewis kept his true purposes hidden i He al most gave his hand away, however, when me American Youth Congress came to Washington. This aggrega tion of wifoess wmppersnappers went to the White House and got a sound spanking from President Roosevelt for playing with Red fire. Whereupon lewis came to their rescue and ap plied salve to their wounded pride by ridiculing Roosevelt. Their cheera melted Lewie' firw to each an ex tent that he launched into a campaign speech then and there. But he saved himself in time and merely advised the yipping youthers to enlist in the CIO's Non-Partisan league For it is not Lewis’ strategy at this time to appear openly as an active candidate. That would be fatal. His scheme is to engineer a ground-swell among the lunatic fringe in all parts of the country for a third party with himself as the standard-bearer and then “reluctantly” to consent to run. The machinery is in motion already. Recently a council of CIO unions in Pittsburgh adopted resolutions calling on Lewis to initiate a third party. The other day in Connecticut, the Bridge port County branch of Lewis' Non Partisan League also adopted a third party resolution. In Ohio, the CIO news, official State publication of a few scattered CIO unions, declared in its main news story March 11 that “it is believed in many circles that John L. Lewis strongly favors an indepen dent ticket for Ohio." In Massachu setts, the CIO State Industrial Coun cil convention killed a Roosevelt third-term resolution and defeated a declaration condemning Communism. THE L1NB-UP—FOB AND AGAINST Thus Lewis has started the ball roll ing. It is likely that within a few more weeks we will be hearing of more third-party resolutions because Lewis I controls the purse-strings and when he gives the word the local CIO or | gamzations, most of which are penni | less, jump to obey. McEwen Mutual Burial Ass’n, Inc. Nearly SO,000 paid up members. The oldest, hugest and strongest in this section. Call or phone our office today fur information. Telephone 3-3870 607 But Trad* Strut mmmmmwmmm .GUESS AGAIN! ELECTRIC COOKING As You Think Out goes the old-fashioned mistaken noNoi that electric cooking is expensive. IN comes a new day of greater cleanliness, of less work, of better tasting foods. Step up to electric cooking . . . now that it costs so little. 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For the past 16 years he had been in bad health, the last two being in a critical condition. He is survived by a niece, Miss Sarah Ren frow, of Belmont, and several cousins, interment was in Elmwood cemetery. The body lay in state in the church previous to the funeral, hundreds passing the bier as a last tribute to a Christian soldier gone to his reward, who loved his feilowmen, and lived an exemplary life—the world having been made better by his living in it. eewwwvwwwwwwvwws It may be interesting to survey the line-up as it stands for and against Lewis as a candidate. He counts on support from the fololwing: 1— CIO unions which are starving or are dominated by Communists. 2— The Communist Party and its fellow-travelers. 3— The scattered remnants of Huey Long’s lunatics. 4— Farmers who have lost their farms and sharecroppers who have nothing of their own to share. 6—Pensioners, because the CIO adopted a 6100 a month Government pension plan at its last convention. 6— Mentally jitterbuggery juveniles. 7— Any other riffraff he can mus ter. There is the Lewis line-up. Isn’t it beautiful to behold? Fortunately, the great body of de cent, common-sense American citizen ry stands stalwart against the leader of this motley crew. And in their ranks Lewis will find the great ma jority of the members of his own CIO. Even they won’t follow him into folly. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Hosiery Workers already have served notice to that effect. 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