When the 200,000 members of the United Mine Workers choose between Arnold Miller and Incumbent W.A. ("Tony") Boyle for the presidency of the union in early December, it ought to be the most honest election in American labor history. At a cost of $4,000,000, the Labor Department is closely supervising the election to make sure that no one steals or stuffs the ballot boxes. More than 1,000 federal poll watchers will be on duty, covering every U.M.W. voting place, however remote. They must sign a receipt for every ballot they take with...
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