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oom + ?, i “ :. bk on wi; =_—_ ae REr JOIN L, LEJIS, ET AL LNoRVign UIT! (continued) "T sav a lot of new men there and they scemed - to be company men as they vere allow2d to go 411 over the minc and these men came from other states and they wers UE’ men, TQ, PLOTC! talked to mc scvar-1 tines. in Ye uine as to why I didn't sign up with tT hand I told him I liked MG. BILPOSILTOUT, the aule driver, telkud to me severzl times and askad when 7 was coing to sign u.; with UN’ and he said I had b.:tter sign up b:fore it is too Tate “for oe, and that he would fix ac. J had no troubli with anyone huving dirt thrown on my coal cars but othr .iners had troubles like thet. I heard tht logs and sul piur were put on loads of coul by UIT, men ana once E-snioff called us end told us thet w. Fa. were doing it ond we told then we were not doins it. I don't believe thot PLA miners wore doin, wron, things at .i, but it Was bein. done by Ti men there du the min... In the spring o? 1943 I lest paid duus to Pi. and in summer of 1340 joined up with UK). I he. around the mine of othr Fin miners g-tting beat up and whipped and I did not went to get « beating so I decided it wo ld be best for me to gi:zn up with UL... TOY . LOTC! came te ar home then and I siened e card for him. He did now say anything, I don't reeall of signing any card for Pl’, during suruzer of 1940. I still liked Pw. beticr than UMY but joined over so there wWaad be. no trouble. In 1347 I voted in the next NLRB election and I myself voted for Fil, even tho I was thon witi. Mil. The eloct4on was alriant but at the mine thers wer: so nany nev nen there who vere brot in be Ty that DIT “as ani: to win that eleetion. I voted the way I wanted to in that election. Wo one forced uc how to vote citheor.. - tThe Minc B wes in b:-d condition when it was r. oroned. It is not all oven sfet and now there are only about 255 mon working there. It is caved in a lot and gome of th: rooms will never be op ned. I don't:.know amgthin? about a firs there in the wise.” : "I can't read the 'nzjish lan wuas but this 4 page stetcnent has been recd to me by ag nt in the :r.sence of uy wifs and it is true and corrceet and I have si.ned it of wr om free will.* VITN SSES: . - Sp. =a eer FBI, te ingent FuI, Hilucukee, wis. 3 . ey a ee cee ee aoe ena ng cee eee