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Re: JOHN L, JEWIS, ET aL aye "I was not at the Union meeting the night before the ~ a : 7 election. JI had seen men in groups through the nine. "es Ay (gant Inuad } in the days before the strike talking and arguing. They x. scemed to be upset aver the wage scale and the contract the the FLT hod, es not piving the men as much as the Tf contraet. That is The reason that I think that many of the men hid signed up with the U7 * ~ before the strike. I did not know th-t there was poing to be a strike. . I thought that the strike was cillod by the Pilv officials in order to keep the rest of the men from sirning up with the UM. I do not know that this was the reason, because I never talked to any one about it, but that wes my opinion at the time of the strike. I did not sign any petitions efter the strike. I knew that ther. ws a UM? local formed, bt nobody cvcr asked ne to join this local. I wis at the mine part of the time - during the picket linc. I did not gt there the day that it started. "I votcd at the cleetion ct th. Armory in December 1937, As far as I kmov it ims ao feir election. Novdody tried to influcnce my vote. I voted exactly as I twonted to vote. I understand that in some of those elections men have bzun thr.atoned, but I do not knoz that that happened at this clection beesusc I newer saw anyone thrcatened, and did not hear anything about such a throat. ‘ "T went beek to work a fow days aftcr tho mina reopened in 1939= ‘ I think that there w.s only one time that they attempted to open the * mince during | all the time that it was dow. That vas in August, T believe, 46° 47037 wt lean dhe eten thaun had be = Pas in 1937. Then Twont bick in the minc voGTG had beon quite a fov falls, Sh ft Nunber 5 was pretty badly filled up, and it took them a long tine to get it beck into operction. There had been no fircs, and no other big cave_ins it the mince, while it wis closed, that I observed, . "During the tine that I hive worked at this mine There never. has been a Special man checking 4 in the day tine. A min did thit at night after midnight. Ikncvw; ge. at the mins after the nine . reopened. IT do not know whet he w d to be doing, but I know thet I.saw hin with conioment thot an nfr ehoek ruin would. he usine. TI. Spee peay wll r CPN ee SP Ree ie © - Go not know what nebivitics were undertaken vt the amine in orp wnizing. a co the United Mine Torkers. Ica shot firc nan, and do not go down in . a the mine until about 1:15 Pa, and do not cone up until after all tho os min ara cond. Beceruse I ws out there at different tincs Ido not know =. |: mugh about what wis happening at the minc, and sineo I did not go to Union ncetings I do net know nuch abort ~bat happencd thorc anong the mene As far as T know there wes no violonce at the nine. I heard that sone of thy non were beitcn, but I did not sce any. The beatings and, violenee thet I heard about xccured after th: strike, I did not hear of any vizloneo bein. undertzken at Mine 3 by henbors of the Progressive ing workers of fapricay oF the United icino oorkerse ened feo . ' ; f rE 1 [al ‘ i] 1 }