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oe a | This man indicatod a so matters ect forth in the statement which he gave. He does not read English but appears to understand - questions put to him. Following is a signed statement obtained fran PY make the following voluntary statement to oth of whom have identified themsclves as boing edere] Bureau of Investigation, No throats or promises which time I joined the U.N... I start Pi. workod there until the strike in 1937. I was a member of the U.N... until about 1932 when the Progressive Union was formed. Everyone told mo that if I jcined the Progressive the ducs would be smaller and working conditions would bc better. As far as I wes conoerned the working conditions under the Progressive union didn't soem to be any better and it cost more in dues. Since I never talked to any company officials I cannot say anything as to how the company felt about the unions. I never held a union office and didn't go to hardly any moctings. I do not know anything about events lead~ ing up to the strike in hiay of 1937 and didn't know a atrike was coming until the day of the actual strike. t ®2t about one ofclock in the afternoon on Kay 12, 1937, one of the drivers told me thet I had enough cars for tho day end for me to go home. “hen I got on top I was told thet the mine was shut down and for me not to come back. I went home that dey and didn't even go back to got my tools, I don't have any idca as to why the mine was shut down, I never heard about any mon in the Progressives being fired for being spies for the : Some time after the strike two men came to my house to goo | about work or something. 411 I know is that they” anar% A t ~ tr x wh _* pout something and icft when my wi fe told then to leave. we be Ls qa "I romonbor signing Bone kind of a petition for the Progressives after the strike, I cannot rcmembcr whether the men came to my } house or whether I signed the petition at the union hall. “ = OTe ee ie ne Nee gets te pele Ca ee w.. Bee a VEerviewea wy Special agents te