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oe wher. ae IRTERVIE? WITH "I remember that after this they tried to open > the mine agoine The sume U.M.'7. men showed bb ~ continued ) up and a few new U.M.I. mon, I guess they came from unother part of the State. I was opt there that dey, not on sanpany property but on the highwmuye Ye wiented - to see whet would huppene "Sur President; %oZaNTc, went and telked to ELSHOFF who told OLANIC that only UM.!. man could worke Thet is what OLANIC told us. The Sheriff made us leave that day, told us that 15 or 16 men could © stuy on ths pisket lins but not Gny moree "I voted in the NLEB election in Decembere Ac PsMefiie official told us not to go down: und vote too many at o time, just 15 or 20, He told us not to talk to unyono on the street, The election wes nice ond quiet ond no troubles . "J remember thot later on they tried to open the mine but no one would go tu werk, thcy wonted to open the mine under an open shope The P.M.a. men didn't wont to go to work that woye "In November, 1959 the mine opened up under 4n open shope Somc mine official suid that we would Inve another elcetion, whichever one won the cluotion would win the contract. I got u iotter teliing ms to come to work and thut I should be there in ton duys or I wouldn't have a jobe I went to work where I hed been before, this section wos all righte I guess tht other x rts of the mine hud beon otved in, Box 2 und purt of Box 3. - "Mer I hud been buck to work I wos epprotched to join U.lels These sume fellows, some of the spies, owe te my house te cot me to joine. They were nice, but told me that U.M.T. wis going to win tnd thet I hod bettor joine Tn about July, 1940 I finmnlly joined U.N. They uskud mo to come to & meeting und 7 Aid, I fowmd the hell full of fellows, and thought that perhtps IT bad better join if all the cther fellovwa aps er were joininge “.ftor tho mine opened up in November, 1939, it scemed that the only new ren who were hired belonged to U.W.. or else hed to join before they oould got a jobs U.M.'l, hod orgunizers ut tho mine» They wero supposed to be working but they woren'te. I didn't kmow whe thoy werée: They ware very friendly and used %o go around end telk #¢ 2) the mene . ae moe aan ‘a &*