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’ “ . . : Ror JOHN L. LEnI#, BT AL Ss OO "I did not sign any win petition o or any. wiardcat® a petition in tho summer of 1957— “ * a | "I did not know of the formation of UB local 1 7469, 8 July 29, 1937. Wo one attempted to get me to becoms a member of IMA in the ~ summer of 1937. | | : | a, ae "J may have attended some PMA meetings in the summer of 1937 but I did not take an active part. So far as I know there was no violonce in the Summer of 1937. "I wos informed by an ogont of PML that Mine "BY was to open. I do not know the date but it was somotime in September; Tes?. I roported for work that morning and was told by some of the miners that Mine "B" officials had made the statement that anyone who wanted to work would have to be a .momber of Uivw Y do not Imow tho names of the miners who furnished me the ' information. I remained at the mine that particular morning as a picket and ' returned for a few hours the following morning as a picket. 8o far as I know ‘PMA did not import any outsiders as pickets. J did not act as a picket but for the first two deys after Mine "B" was to have opened in Sopt. 1937. 1 did not see any violence at the mine nor did anyone threaten me if I did not act as a picket. ; en "Tt do not kmow anything about an attempt to open Mine “B" Dec, 0 15s | 1937. I was not notified that tho mine was to have been opened. t. ~ hed i Be . g about « Federal Court injunction Dec. 9, phe oem Re Ys / ‘ : . "on Dec. 15, 1937 tho NLRB held an election to dotcrmine if Mine ' RR" should have been a UN mine or a PHA mine. I voted PMA as I was satise fied with the union, So fer as I know the election was fair and no one was ‘ threatened if they did not vote PMA. T went to vote at my own free will, no one carried me to the election or told me thet I was to vote. ~ . ' . t ' "I do not romber an attempt to re-open Mine "RB Jan, $, 1953 and do not know if I reccived notice that the mine was to open on that date, . "I do not know if I attended any PMA meetings betwoen Jan. 1938 and +4 Nov. 1939, so fer as I know there was no violence during thet period of time. 7 received notice in Nov. 1939 thet Kine "BY wes to open ond I returned to work e few days lcter, T do not know whether there was any - \ question as to tho ‘wege scale when I returned to work or not. I do not know : the attitude of PUA members because they could not get a contract, I did not cere whether tho ming was en open shop or e closed shop. , Ree eS - 239 =