Dr. Stedman made frequent telephone calls to Washington during the morning and met Miss Perkins as soon as she arrived to participate in the negotiations.
Mr. Lewis, in an open letter to Dr. Stedman, said that the Roosevelt Administration was partially responsible for the strike because of its alleged failure to sustain the unions in their early offer to keep the mines in operation on a status quo basis pending the negotiation of a new contract.
Mr. Lewis charged that political influence in all coal states except Pennsylvania had been responsible for withholding unemployment benefits to idle miners. He said the Government relief agencies should feed &nd care for striking miners.—United Press.
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