People, it seemed, had worked up some wrong impressions of John L. Lewis. To dispel these and to be helpful to newspapers, the United Mine Workers had hired a Manhattan public-relations firm to put over the misunderstood Mr. Lewis' true character. The project proved more helpful to the papers than the Mine Workers expected: last week most papers joyfully quoted from the handout. Sample:
"In private life, Mr. Lewis is by no means the 'gruff sourpuss' that many cartoonists and writers have endeavored to depict. He is one of the most affable, big-hearted men on the American scene . . .
"A keen...
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