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* 7 . 7 Hes JOHN L. LEWIS, ET 4 INTERVIED 3 "hen I returned to the mine, Mine mgr, in Yor. 1939 5° there were many cave-ins in Mine a T heard of only continus two small fires in Mine “B* subsequent to Sov. 1989 >: but I did not hear of or see any lerge fires subsequent to Nov. 1938. - oo eet n - | ‘“Betwoen Nov. 6, 1939, and Fab. 21, 1941 no one threatened me oF — attemptod to persuade me to become a member of Uh orto remain a monber of Phi, my ; ~ "In the sumer of 1940 a man the name of whom I do not know, in= formed me that I have to join Uw as the mine was to become a Tata mine. I kmew I would have to pucome @ member of Tew in order to work at ifine "B* as I heard many others wero joining UMW end I heard violence was boing used egeinst PMA members becauso they did not join Ufik I never saw any violence and - never saw any fights. On one cccasion I heard a man‘ hollow when UMw members were beating him, but I did not seo the fight and could not furnish the nemes “of the persons fighting. In the summer of. 1940 I jofned the UMW to prevent any violence being used against me by ON members. I stopped paying dues to P¥A when I joined UMW, ; *I voted at the election Feb. 21, 1941 for PMA beceuse I was satia- fied with Pus before UMN attempted to organize Mine "B®, $80 far as I know the election was fair, I did not see any violonce during the election. _ RY ng or Piso am unahle to sav wheth am unadle to 8 wne LF "Up until the summer of 1941 I had good rooms to work in, but in the Summer of 1941 I got a bad room. I complained to the Board Members of ' Wii, tho name_of whom I do not Imow about the room at which time he told me. | that I was in sympathy with PMA and he would not help me get a good room. | stoppod working at Mine "BY as I was tired of working not because of the bad rooms I wag a gotting. "This statoment was read to mo end is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, - : i i er aneer: ¥ witnesseds 4 ' 1 . Special agent, FRI.” ‘ tat, re