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John L Lewis — Part 7

42 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 24, 1943 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: John L Lewis · 42 pages OCR'd
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REy JOHN L. LEVIS, BT ah. INTERVIET WITH These nen woro ohurgod with spying on o£ > crpuntsntion me ond the trial board found thon cuiltys I was ot this moeting and renenber thot these men wore kicked out of " tho P.M.ae Scne wore oxpolled for c gcouplo of yours ord eme fer nincty yetrsa Most of tho nombore of P.Metse. mow about this Goticn, which wos just before the strikoe ".t the timo cf the strike I wos oa diggor { at nino Be Qn the duy of the etriko emo of tho follows didn't wo 0 go to werk with the spiess However, finnlly wo ol] wont te work but eone of the mer said lets load the cors short and lots of the o&irs wont up without a full loads | : “Gonecne told ua to oune up out of tho nincs that duy, about two hours esrlicr than usutle ‘hon I oanc up I learnoc that thoro wos c strike, I guceas it w-.s bootasd the nino lot those spices work olthough we dien't hue a omtracta ".ftor the strike I signed 1 petition for P.M... I signed this at the Guion Halls I also think I signed anuther petition at ry house, I think § ORR ought it cute It wos to show how many nenbers Palace nad think it wos fcr the Labor Rolution Boorde No me over made me sign, or throatcned noe ~ a ", ovuple of tines fellows sano to got ne to join U.N, JOY and BiLkeslikTOUT came oneo, and anothor follow of lled JOE or SAM ouno. They askod me why I should etey idle, if I sign we go beck to works - They had sone kind of 4 oard fcr ne to sinn, told me it was a menbership gard. They said if they got enough monbors tho nine would open Upe They seid if I didn't sizn the mino night never open upe They did not taurcaton mee "During the summer uf the strike tho P.Mai. Wd cts of noctingss The cffiocrs told us tht uhoy hoped to open the ninc that sumiore "T yononbor that they triod to open the nine in the fall of . 19576 is I rencnber, thera wee © nutioo in the papor telling of thise On thet day 14 or 16 U.M.T. wont dwn in the mine, but no onc ¢liso went Acwne If you wanted to po to work that duy you hed to go in the office and sign up fcr UMoi. Tht is whut a nan by the mine told ncs Our P.Wans officers told us not to sign tnythinge Vo otme baok tc tum -ond had o necting ond the next day ubout 325 of us wont out ond started a pickct lines ‘do stu.yod there until we wore sorvod with an dujunctions ‘io loft, foeling that wo hud t., the law suid gos me WR
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