John L. Lewis

"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 Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor

102 Division St., Lucas, Iowa 50151

Mailing address - P.O. Box 3, Lucas, Iowa 50151

E-mail: danallen@coalmininglabormuseum.com