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2 } = F e a wipe a? and could not say if I wes notified of a moeting that night or not. = nor did I see any other miners loading coal cars short on May 12, Res JOHN L, LEIS, ET AL. betwoon September 1932 and May 12, 1987. Neither . FALCETTI or KLSHOFF of Mine "B" nentioned to me or .. showed any partiality toward Win. Tho management | of Mine "B® so ter a5 I know never showed any hostile attitude in settling gricvances betwoen Sept. 1952 and May 12, 1937, ‘ "I and other members of PMA Ir know, felt that PMA was an honest union, not being operated as a racket, no measures of compulsion were used to force me to be a member of PRA. PA aid not make any unusual special assessments and so far as I know thero was no kick-back to local PMA officials, I know of the bombing cascs, but I do not Imow how other mem= bers felt toward the conviction of PMA members. I took no interest in the case. "Botwoen Sept, 1932 and May 12, 1937, Uw never sot up a picket line at Mine "B" nor did Uw distribute any. literature at the mine, Bo one telked to mo betwoon Sept. 1932 and May 12, 1937 in an effort to convert me from e member of PMA to UMW. %I never saw or heard of any association between the management of Mine "B” and UMW officials betwoen Sept. 1952 and May 12, 1937. + "In the spring of 1937 I did not know of any ¢ontroversy about the wage scale at Mine "B", so far as I know cmployees at Mine "B" were satisfied with the wage Bcale at Mine "B" in the Spring of 1937 and no one madc any mention to me about it. . PI do not rember a mooting of PMA on the night of May 11, 1937 "On the afternoon of May 12, 1937 Iwas told by someone to etop work as there wes a disagrumont between PMA and the management of Mine "B® about the union contract. I do not know what tho disagrecment was nor can I furnish any informetion as to why tho mine closed May 12, 1937. - SI do not know anything about five UM spies being expelled from PuAe oo, "I did not lead any coal cars short on May 12, 1937, on purpose, . "T did not know of an intended atrike on Key 12, 19387. "I cannot say whether T signed a PMA petition of May 26, 1937 or not as IT cannot remember such a potition, - 238 - "There were no atrikes or close-downs ‘et ‘Mine e38 “oe ; -