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Lewis reached the height of his power in the years from 1933 to 1937. Roosevelt's economic advisers and the UMW leader held similar ideas concerning national economic policy. In fact, Lewis and his economic consultant, W. Jett Lauck, were most responsible for Title 7(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), which endorsed the right for workers to organize. The NIRA put the power and authority of the federal government behind organized labor. As a result, coal miners flocked to join the UMW. Soon the UMW was recognized across the nation in the mines that produced 90 percent of the country's coal. In the mind of the coal worker, Lewis stood alongside the president, and joining the union was a way to participate in the country's recovery. The folklore of the miners pictured Lewis "having beer and sauerkraut with President Roosevelt every night."
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