"The union miner cannot agree to the acceptance of a wage principle which will permit his annual earnings and his living standards to be determined by the hungriest unfortunates whom the non-union operators can employ."- John L. Lewis


(Asked about the number of communists and other radicals he had hired as organizers for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee) "Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog?"- John L. Lewis


John L. Lewis Commission Board of Directors

Helen Allen, President---Lucas resident active in various facets of the community

Jean Hager, Vice President---Lucas resident, charter board member & active in the community

Earl Seymour, Secretary---Member of United Rubber Workers Local #164, helped with the construction of the museum

Dan Allen, Treasurer---Lucas resident, farmer & active member of the community

Becky Allen, Curator---Lucas resident, farmer & active in the community

Bob Brown---Member of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 74, helped with the construction of the museum and the representative of South Central Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO

Lee Carper---Member of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 234, helped with the construction of the museum

Perry Chapin---Member of United Steel Workers Local 310, helped in attaining Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Grant as seed money for the museum

Joann Dixson---Lucas resident & business woman, charter board member & active community member

Kathryn Dixson---Lucas resident who organized the first meeting to create the commission, charter board member & active community member

Ted Fehn---Member of  International  Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Local 254, oversees maintenance of museum

Dale O'Connell---Lucas resident & active in the community with Labor knowledge

Marjorie Rogers---Former Lucas resident, charter board member & active community member

Ken Sagar---President of The Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO & representative from Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, IBEW- Local 204



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Back Row Left to Right
Dan Allen, Earl Seymour, Bob Brown, Lee Carper & Perry Chapin
Front Row Left to Right
Ted Fehn, Helen Allen, Kathryn Dixson, Becky Allen, Jean Hager & Marjorie Rogers
Absent From Photo
Joann Dixson, Dale O'Connell & Ken Sagar