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TEXT OF LEWIS STATEMENT TO COURT (Continued From Pnjfe 1) citizen* the miner* and I stand upon the right* guaranteed in the Constitution. Thi* is labor’! tra ditional position. For the purpose of acquainting the court with the historical position taken by the American Federation of Labor, permit me to read a paragraph from a report unanimously sidopted by the American Federa - tion of Labor at its 1919 conven tion: “The fate of the sovereignty . of American -people again hangs in the balance. It is inconcelv - able that sw9i an autocratic and r. tyrannical power can long remain in a democracy. One or the other must ultimately give way, and your committee believes that this convention should declare that, as wage-earners, citizens of a free and democratic republic, we shall •.stand firmly and conscientiously on our rights as free men and treat all injunctive decrees that invade our personal liberties as unwarranted in fact, unjustified in law and illegal as being in violation of our constitutional safeguards, and accept whatever consequences may follow." This is still the declared and ef fective policy of the American Federation of Labor. We are now confronted with the restraining order issued by this court November 18, 1946, which this court holds that the United Mine Workers and I have violated. Most respectfully, I must state to the court that the considerations that prompted our original course cf action with respect to this co ercive and all-embracing restrain ing order, issued without any op portunity given the defendants to present their side of the case, have not changed. On the con trary, recent events have greatly and acutely enhanced our initial conviction. . . Speaking and acting in my of ficial capacity as president of Ihtf United Mine Workers, an organi sation composed of some six hun dred thousand coal miners, and as vice president of the American Federation of Labor with a mem bership of almost eight millions ■of American wage earners, and profoundly mindful of their high est traditions and basic rights I cannot, by action or by inaction acquiesce in what must be in scribed as the ugly recrudescdUe Uncle Sam Says Ye*, Virginia, Own la a Santa Claw W hb bi( W gifts Ibis year Is as ap ta the mlaate aa a Jet plaa*. Santa la aebady's fast. He kaawa Vlrflnla'a little heart will beat faster when she sees her new dell. Santa ala* knews Virginia's Chrtstmaa tree win be a wisely dressed tree, becasse it win have tacked ante Its branches cries new United States Savings Bands. Lang after Virginia's dally baa h*bb!cd dawn the sentimental read at yes terday, Virginia's Savings Bands win be with her t* make her future Christmases brighter and happier. U. S. Tfftufi Dcf'm' *•***$ of "government by injunction.” I cannot disavow labor’s principles or policies, nor am I disposed to adopt a course which will inevita bly amount to a betrayal of their constitutional rights. The mine workers are God-fear ing, law abiding American citi zens. They have not ceased work in defiance of their Government. On the contrary they have as serted their rights as free men to protect the unjust and arbi trary acts to which they have been subjected by individuals em ployed by the Government. Without intending any personal disrespect to this court, I must respectfully but firmly stand upon those vital rights and freedoms that are rooted in our Constitu tion and that have given full ex pression by the Congressional mandates of 1914 and 1932. AFL SOUTHERN POLICY BOARD HOLDS MEETING (Continued From Page 1) ness and professional men of the South, setting forth the facta that wage-earners are customers and patients of business and the pro fessional men, and point out to them the losses they suffer when costs so little SAVES SO MUCH ’Builders estimate that wirinf . . • well installed and plentiful . . . about two per cent of the coat of building a home today. Through such viring you can nat electricity to any extent yon choose without changing your in stallations for years to come . • • and keep your house modern. Plan now for wiring to meet present and FUTURE needs. 3F • jr.lt DUK POWER COMPANY irtuny th. /*jul*Tu*nt Ca,-urd*uU. *■*'' wage-earners are receiving sub standard wages. . The AFL will present to each convening state legislature a leg islative program far more com prehensive than ever before urged by labor, the policy board de clared. Several years ago, it was pointed out, the AFL began a campaign for state labor legis lation of uniform nature for all Southeastern states. That cam paign, as reported to the policy board meeting, was halted by the outbreak of the war. All efforts to obtain labor legislation were suspended during the war, the re port stated, and now will be re sumed and vigorously pushed in all states. Reports and recommendations made by members of the policy committee at Monday’s session will be acted upon and the full program for the new year was adopted at Tuesday's session of the policy board meeting. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. NOTICE Phyllis McGee, by her next friend, Warren C. Stack, Plaintiff, vs. William O. McGee, Defendant. The above-named defendant, William O. McGee, will take not ice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff through her next friend, Warren C. Stack, to obtain an absolute divorce upon the grounds of two years’ separation, and the defendant will further take notice' that he is required to appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County at the Court House in Charlotte, North Carolina, within twenty days after the 2nd day of January, 1947, which date Is at least seven days after the last publication of this notice, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said action. This the 5th day of December, 1946. J. LESTER WOLFE, Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County. (Dec. f, 12, 19, 26.) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. NOTICE Vernle Mae Harrison, Plaintiff, vs. Fred Harrison, Defendant. The above-named defendant, Fred Harrison, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Su perior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff to obtain an absolute diroce upon the ground of two years’ separation, and the de fendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County at the Court House in Charlotte, North Carolina, within twenty days after the 2nd day of January, 1947, which date is at least seven days after the last publication, of this notice, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said action. This the 6th day of December, 1946. 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