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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL oo . 2S | . beaten up. I heard mabee that the U.U.W. “promi sed Elshoff conditions wowld be better if their union was the only union, but I do not know how the company men felt towards the unions, - I went back to work at the mine in the fall of 1939 and remained a member of the Progressive union until the mine was recognized as being under the jurisdiction of the U.H.%. Since I began working at Uine B I have been in the Vest section most of the time. I do not know am/ththg about any fires or damage done to the mine while it was shut dow during the strike. "Ify opinion igs that the mine went on strike in 1937 due to the fact the canpany wouldn't make an agreement with progressive as tc wages. I do not know anything about the action, taken by union officials in connection with the strike, "This statement has been ru to me by Special Agent _ it is true to the best of my memory. (Signed? Witnesses =" Special agents, BI ) U.S. Dept. of Justice" - 92 =