JOHN L. LEWIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/05/1947 - HFSID 87602
Price: $300.00
JOHN L. LEWIS
John L. Lewis sends a typed letter of thanks for the hand lettered
cards.
Typed Letter signed: "John L. Lewis", 1p, 7¾x9¾. On letterhead
of the United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D.C., 1947 December 5.
To Mr. L. J. Sylor, New York, New York. In full: "Thank you for
sending me the hand lettered cards which you enclosed in your letter of November
27. I appreciate your courtesy very much indeed. Sincerely yours," John
L. Lewis (1880-1969), a giant among labor leaders in the early 1900s, helped
to raise the living standards of millions of American families after he
organized industrial workers into the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO) and negotiated over a billion dollars in wage increases. The President of
the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) (1920-1960), he helped to organize
a number of leading labor unions, including the United Steelworkers of America
(USWA) and the United Auto Workers (UAW).Under his leadership, the
UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund was created through a contract with the
federal government, providing health care delivery to the workers in America's
coal fields through the establishment of eight hospitals and numerous clinics in
Appalachia. In 1960, Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President John F. Kennedy. Horizontal fold touches "John". Otherwise, fine
condition.
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