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W.A. "Tony" Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers of America.
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At a two hour news conference at the National Press Club, Boyle asserted that he and his union had been the victims of "outrageously and scandalous and inaccurate charges, Communist-style duplicity by the Government, and reckless journalism."