Sunday, May 9, 2010

John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers' Strike of 1946



25 Nov 1946.

Kwan was updated on American politics. Wonder why he was so concerned about the UMW strikes unless he saw a parallel between what's happening there and in Singapore.

Quite a bit of info on John L Lewis on the net:

http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2001/johnlewis1.html
http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2001/johnlewis2.html
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/6638/

Videos too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1RhNTv1--Q
http://www.archive.org/details/1946-05-29_Coal_Strike_Ended
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-1IqaQSq8

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