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Lewis also involved the CIO in politics. He campaigned heavily for President Roosevelt in 1936, convinced that FDR's reelection was imperative for labor. Lewis spoke at numerous campaign rallies and reached countless workers over the radio airwaves urging them to vote for Roosevelt. After Roosevelt's landslide victory Lewis said, "We must capitalize on the election, the CIO was out fighting for Roosevelt, and every steel town showed a smashing victory for him." The CIO now had the impetus to begin a massive organizing campaign because it had, in Lewis's words, "a President who would hold the light for us."
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