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eal ae a eet” eee ae nk a a eee , 206442 Re: JOHN L, LEWIS, ET AL, Z A oe oe “4D All he did was go around and talk to the fellows, He was Supposed to be some sort of boss I guess. I know I saw him and Oscar Falcetti, the Superin- tendent arguing a c-uple of times. Once I saw them come out of ffice. I do not know what they were arguing about, but I heard tell Falcetti that if he did not like it he could leave, or go Somewhere else, I woidered right then who I was working for. "I did not get threatened or anthing like that. I had heard that some of the other fellows had been beaten up, I was pretty stubborn about it and would not join the United Mine Workers, and I was afraid to stay down there for fear that I would be hit too. The men were sign- ing up for the United ifine Viorkers, and I could see th t the mine was going to go over to the ta’, and I did not want to, so I went over to mine 4 when I heard that they wanted a track layer and grader, I knew that the Mine was going over to the UM because it couldn't do anything else, The Progressives were being beaten, They were losing checks off their cars and things like that, I knew that the management must be favoring the United Mine ‘/orkers or it would have stopped that sort of thing going on, "I went over to Mine A in the last part of Janurary 1941, was sent 4 card to vote in the election at Mine B, and went to vote. : wages topped me from voting. He stopped me when JI was there he voting placc. My card was still in the local at Mine B and I thought that I was elgeible to vote. but they did not let m vote T ai Gilg 2 GO Cape ve Pw gp a We a a AO Fe - 4 was “not the only one who was not allowed to vote the day of the second election. JI had not been working at [Sine A more than a couple of days be- fore the election Harvey Williams, who is dead now, went down to vote with me, and Sees topped him from voting too. He was not working anyplace at that "T have read the above statement on this page and three other pages, Jt 18 all true and accurate, /s/ Special Agents FBI" = 182 - eo