1943 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes over coalmining
operations after coal miners strike
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Both Time and Life magazines, the most widely read
print media in the nation at the height of the Second World War,
1943, sent reporters to Nanty Glo to cover the United Mine Workers'
vote to strike despite Federal Government orders. The choice of
Nanty Glo for its cover features was regarded as recognition that
Nanty Glo epitomized the nation's Union mining towns. The opening
pages of Life Magazine's coverage are shown below. Alfred
Eisenstaedt, the photographer, was considered the best photojournalist
in the industry in his generation.