1950 Press Photo United Mine Workers head John L. Lewis throughout the Years
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2/13 - Washington: Serving of 2 federal injunctions on John L. Lewis locks the UMW chief in what may be the grimmest battle of his long and stormy war against his 2 most hated antagonists - coal operators and federal courts. Photos show (upper left) Lewis, with youthful wave, after completing 6-month coal strike in 1923; (upper right) in 1934, without the wave, but still in there punching for UMW, the largest union in the world; (lower left) Lewis, in grim mood, leaves court in 1948 after conviction on charges of criminal and civil contempt; (lower right) Lewis in recent photo.
