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Bederél Bureau of Investigation Coffey Mr. Glavia__ United States Bepartment ot Justice Mr. Ladd . Nich Washington, B. €. Mr. Nichols ~~. Basen MBL asyr & August 24, 1943 Mr. Tracy Mr. Acers Dictated: 4330 PM O1/S Mr Carson fr. es MEMORANDUM BOR ME. LADD ol Tey "Mr. Bendon ; Mr. Mumford RE; JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL 5 i -_ ft . ; of 287 ‘T 2 JOHN EDGAR HOOVER C. (y fT a . Clege : 7 * Mr. Mr. Starke CIVIL RIGHTS AND DOMESTIC VIO. Mr. Quinn Temm_ . Tele. Room Reference is made to the attached memorandua to you Mr. Nease dated August 23, 1943, advising that SAC Haliford of Springfield “'** Beahm telephoned and requested that certain additional material be ob- Miss Gendy_____ tained from the Department in order that it might be utilized 4n the investigation of the captioned matter. It is noted that SAC Hallford requested four things: . i. List of the miners who voted in the first election held by ths National Labor Relations Board for designation of a Union representative af{itine B on December 15, 1937, and an itemized list of how each voter cast his ballot. op 2. Itemized list of the name of each voter and how he cast his ballot in the second election held February 21, 1941, by the NIRB at Mine B, Springfield, Illinois, to designate a Union bargaining agent. 3. The originals or photostatic copies of the original signatures of the lication for membership cards ch were submitted by th ted Mine Workers Union and the}frogressive Mine Workers Union prior to tbe second election which was held February 21, 1941, at Mine B. It ie noted that both Unions submitted membership signatures requesting that an election be held to designate a bargaining agent at that time. ALL INFORHATION CONTAINED /£1_BX TAR RW is an a. NELASTIFIED iy, { HERE DATE 4. All petitions that might have been filed by either Union with the WIRB prior to the designation of a bargaining representa tive on February 21 194}, . time the United Mine Workers were certified by Soe soto Wee 4S -5S | At the abowe time, I had SA ct Mr..Frank Colesan-df the Criminal Idvision of the Department and request that the above material be furnished to the Bureau, if it were available. | Mr. Col advised that he was certain that he would be able to obtain alll éf the matérial requested the National Labor Relations Board and that it would be forwarded to ICTORY| the Bureau in the immediate future, Er 2-| BUY |COPIES DESTROYED a Pipi? eT e Tee ae ee €j ee | ee A, 1 1962 STAMPS. a a +7 GBaACEPL gi ne eee re ag ng retin, mF Ser conan emi om pr erage rege a ernie irae Semin STS Ser —— — _*