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John L. Lewis dominated the labor movement in the 1930s. To the millions of bluecollar workers whose lives he improved, Lewis was a saint. His enemies, however, viewed the labor leader as an egomaniac and demagogue. Lewis's enigmatic nature baffled his peers and fueled a mythical, larger-than-life image. Although he had an intense desire for power and wealth, Lewis championed industrial democracy and unionism. He embodied the spirit of the workingmen and workingwomen of the 1930s and devoted his life to helping the industrial worker.
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