John L. Lewis once attempted to define the origin and nature of his power, his place in U. S. life. Said he in 1938, to the first constitutional convention of his C. I. O. : "After all I merely undertake to express and articulate in a public way the things that you say to me, the instructions that you impose upon me. ... If I fail to understand my instructions, if I fail to comprehend what you really mean in your resolves . . . my voice will be of no more value...
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