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~~ om Jitncsses RE: JOHN L. LEWIS INTE SY WiTH tho non folt thot ELSHOFF wos shxing fovoritiaa for thoso nen who were in favor of Ulli. 7T heard that tho om@pany wis going to opon the mines | sovoral tinos, but 1 didatt go to tho nincs mm thusc dayse continue "ith regard to the clootion in Deoe of 1937 I camot state os to any acts of violence or throats nade by anyones I don't belicve I wont tc tho minc between Bes. of LOE7 und Bove of 1939 when the mine reopened. As I reoall it a nctioo was put in the papor that the nine wos to rccpene Whon wo wont book to wurk tho Progressivos had tho najurity, but it was an open shop so a lot of the men didn't sign up right awaye As far as I wos ooncerned I wasn't throatened or beat UPS, D Sepenennen all folt that if thoy didn't do Ss theso mon wanted then to, that they might got hurte It sooned that when the mine opened in Now of 1939 they would only hiro U.M.¥. mone It was ny inmpreesion that Bowling Groon of tho UMW. seoned to be tho =f man who hod a lot of influcnoo with tho oampanye I believe FALCBITI and BOWLING GREEN wero good friends inagnuch es it was cannon knowlodga that they ran around a lot togothor ut night, going om stag parties, otoe I mude up ny mind thet I gouldn't cet along with daCK FALCEITI and had boen wanting to ahange jobs fur a long timose I hive read cvor this entire stutenent of four peres, have initialed tho first throo pagos, and horeby sign this pago to shcw it has beon read by no and it is truo tc the bost of ny monorye Specinl agents FoBele U.S. Depts of Justiooe" ,