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JOEN L. LETIS, IT AL or giving a miner a better room to work in. Yt seemod they could do most everything they wanted. "During this period between 1933 and 1937 all of the fellows in tho PMA seemed satisfied. JI believed the PMA was doing good for us thiners and at no time did I ever notice any attempts by the PMA to use strong arm tactics of any kind to keep the men in line. There seemed to be no friction between the PMA miners and ttc PMA officials, During this time I attended many UMA meetings and I noticed no umusual nunber of special assessments and we knew of no kickbacks to local’ PMA officiale. "Betmeen 1933 and May 1937, thc UMM nevor picketed Mine "B" to ny knovledge, but I recall there wore threats by UM¥ to picket, but I cannot recall who these fellows were. During this tine I recall posing pamphlets distributed at ine "B" telling the fellows to join UM. "In oarly Spring of 1937 I recall no slaw dorms or work stoppages and I noticed no actual violence and no one came to me to talk mo into going over to ULV, altho I rzeall some fellows were contacted by UMA sympathizers, but who was contacted - and who contacted them - I cantt remember. : mh "I cannot recall being at a meeting of PNA on the night of Fay 11, 1937, and I cannot say whether there was a meeting. On the morning of May 12, 1937, I went to work and noticed nothing unusual until I was notified by a driver that there would be no more work for the day. T cannot remember when I heard that somo of the fellow had been expelled from the PMA. - —— - “I cannot remember any coal cars being loaded short on Nay 12, 1937. I do not remember signing a PMA petition on May 26, 1957, but I may have signed it. It is just that I cannot remember. But I know J did not sign any UMY petition. But I cannot remomber any ‘wildcat’ petition having been circulatcd during the summer of 1937, "After the UN local was formed in July 1937, I received by - mail, some matorial urging me to Join the UMW. But no one contacted me personally in that regard, i “After Mey 12, 1937, I never vent back to Vine “BY. but at the oo mh end of May in 1937 I was one of the PMA who, picketed Fine mpe - but only a few UMW men showed up for work 30 thoy could not work the mine, Toward the end of the summer of 1937 about a doren UMM workers triod to start the mine so our local $54 “MA hed a sit down strike in the mines for about 56 days, lasting until a fow daye before Thanksgiving © of 1987. I was on this git com ote tee, guntil early Koverber, 19 37, : = 7 at a a aoe Eig : wt