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} F ee eee ig ne Se eR eg, rm f a a are 4 . - ** + . “4 4 “. td RE; JOHN L. LBVIS, ET AL tas been in tho employed ot ee * sidered by interv apperent leck of mental cepsegity. Upon interview # executed the following signed statenents 5 Supust 28, 1943 heh I make the following stetement to who heve identified thanselves arenu of Investigation. Wo prom- * jses, threats or consideration of any kind hes been mace to me for this stete-. meant. *T worke? at Mine B fer several years before 1932 until severed nonthe efter the strike at Mime Lb in 1939. I joined the rrogressive Mine : Workerg of Anerica when they were crganized in 1932, I wes always GttefTed = with the wry thet union wes teing run. I never winted to change to the United Mine Yorkers. am still a member cf the Frogressives and am satisfied with f then. The ir ssivee never asked ne to do anything t that I did not want to & Aa 5 UGe 4 Was Sf. *"I was working at Mine B at the tine of the strike. I do not rm member whether I was working on the dcy of the strike or not. I do not know whet the strike wis about. I do not ranember. I was not at the mine on the dey in Eeptember when the mun went beck to the mine. I did go out there and ¢ stey A pert of the tine after the men started strying on the ccnup=ny property., I voted in the electi-n helé a few crys after the election. Ne one’ bothered ma or told me how te vete. It was a fair election as far as I know, and I voted exectly as I wented to vo tom f F t E- m ss "I do not reeall but one tine thit they tried to open the nine. I was working on ‘cA pert of the time. “hen the mine osesed there hed been some cave ins and falls. J did not see any evidence of any fire. Part cf the mine where I had Veen working. id cove in, and I never pot my tools out of there et alls I raasaber®” @ Re wes supposed to be in edr man I do not, think that they ever HAC“An Air check main defore tho strike, Gne dey JIM HALE esked me to join the United Nine orkers, He told me that sli the nen would be be deing it and I might just es well, 1 signed | the pepera blo: Cae wre + ee et oe ee ee ed