General factories, He called his men out from the ample, but did not touch Ford or Chrysler plants. "His object was to bring General Motors to terms. by conjtiring up the fear that all busi hess would be captured by. the rivals He then discovered that strike he had previous! called in the plate gloss industry was holding up production in Ford and Chrysler and heutrallzing the advantage they had fever General Motors. The strike in the plate: glass industry was. therefore settled.
ast June, when French workers sat down "in their, factories instead Jor manning the picket lines, Lewis became Intensely Interested.
saw here the type of strategy which would enable his organizations, though they were in a minority, 10 Ue up. a whole industry, Ils use, in the General Motors strike started 2 new fashion. but Mr. Lewis himself already a little shy of the weapon. In the first place "tls of dubious, legality and the public therefore resent It and, secondly and: more important It looses any appeal it once had when the membership constitutes a majority. Ta fact it becomes a danger leadership and frictions {0 adopt independent policy In deftanee of the central 'Mr, Lewis' greatest triumph to date was his agreement with Myron Tay or, head of the United States Steel Corporation. Preparations for a strike the sled industry were begun last aly. Lewis sent into the steel districts 158 feld directors with 60 part time organizers and 5,000 volunteer or~ anizers. "An extra assessment on the miners provided a campaign fund of $500,000" (one hundred thousand pounds sterling).
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