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1947 Press Photo United Mine Workers union boss John Lewis, Washington, DC

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Washington, DC - John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers head, calls the mines "death traps," and tells a house labor subcommittee today: "Every man who goes to work in a coal mine will be statistically killed or injured ever six years."

Photo is dated 1947.

Photo measures 8.25 x 11 inches.
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