Across the front of the United Mine Workers Building in Washington, the morning after election, pranksters hung a huge sign: "RESIGNATION ACCEPTED." In soap letters on the door they scrawled: "Lewis phooey." "The people's choiceRoosevelt."
Aides of John L. Lewis pulled down the sign and erased the lettering. At 9:50 a.m. John Lewis arrived, bull shoulders hunched, and clumped inside. There he fixed waiting newsmen with his scowl. Would Mr. Lewis discuss his promise to resign as C. I. 0. head if Roosevelt were reelected? Labor's most enigmatic leader good-naturedly brushed...
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