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ee a, ee ne ee Cc Oo - 006421 Re: JOHN L, LEWIS, ET aL. 4 bse INTERVE.. WITH I don't know anything about any parties being ziven by es ; managenent of tine B and thet!l/, The PI. officials at neetings told us about the contract running out and tele us te kcep on Working and as J rool Pas sone agreenent vith Eishoff about it. About 6 or 7 nen want o over to UIii fron the Pliumen and I recall that sume vf the ones who wanted tu @ over to Ul was Joe Albanese, andrew Schrolevious, Dominic Pasqualc, Pete Cartcr, Frank austin, Tony Plotch, Gtten annias, several of the Sirtouts, the Jacaways, Charles Sehannen and Jim Hale and everybody said they vere getting ‘paid by Ui’ then. Quite sone tim later Schrelevious told mc that he had been setting paid by Ui to help then vut ane he said he was looking out for himself. T recall that he bought a nice new car at that tine. Nobody like hin naw. Before the mins closed I don't reeall of anyone hollering about their pay on pay cays. Things were alright at the mine to oy re- colliceti-n Just before the rine closed. The above ven were trying to split up the Pil, before the mine clused. While ut one of the mestings of PIA just before the mine elvsed Pasquale talked about going over t: YJ and I talked back to hin and he told me te cone out in front and he Would shoot me. J never heard anything fron the nmanagenent sbout the ware qucstion. There wis no big treuble ever wages before the strike cane. The night be- fure the strike cane I attended « necting which was 2 regular necting and they oxpelicd sone 5 or 8. nen as being soles for ULL. \« all felt they hic been spics, They were sunc of the ones whose nares are mentioned above. Sore onc made a notion after a conmittee nade their report and the nen v ted on it and wrdered then kicked .ut. J think the company refused t: put about §200,00 in fincs on then. These 5 nun Cid net say anything ane they were at the meeting. "The company would not fire these men anc that was started, The cerning of the strike the Pea officials: - : teld us mt te load full cars ane that was onec when Pit, cid Wore anc J thicn tos they wore wrong and they cic that because the conps any ould not fir. thse 5 nen. "J think I sisnes a Pl petition a short tine after the mine closed and I signed it anc ne wc forced me too, Ther wanted their own wnien so that was why they got up the petitim. “I sigmed it cut at the sine on the rac. I never sisnod a UG, petition that Sswuar ane ne one asked ne to Go hes I can't receill if t sigycd anther Py petition ryonot, that sunnier. JI Cid n-t Sign up with Ulf. anc just beare they forued a new local, "ething unusutl happened during suwer of 1937, I recall that ab-ut the tine of the sit dam strike the Vonin's w.wtiliary of Ply picketee the hone of Elsheff, Nw oe a _ . - Wr eS ne ee ee uae ee ee _