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John L Lewis — Part 7
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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
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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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