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Denny Lewis, John L.'s little brother and boss of District 50, told the boys to hold fast, that U.M.W.'s $14 million treasury was behind them, but the strikers found out they couldn't get a dime for a cuppa cawfee.

Lewis, John L. Everyone in the hall knew the squat, bullnecked, heavy-pawed figure that swaggered out to the rostrum.

Dramatically he introduced himself in the idiom of the true labor leader: "The name is Lewis�John L."

When the titters had died away Lewis, John L. began to read in a surprisingly soft, resonant voice one of the best labor speeches ever made before NRA�a speech perfect in grammar, literate in expression, temperate in tone, earnest in thought.