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: Ro: JOIN L, IETS, ET AL bIc - | 96546 b 1D INTCRVIF.. “ITH "I ramenber that sonctine from contanuc an of Cari fishoff. Thess of the niners ct heart, ~ od union nonbers, who. had the intorcet " John Bkcader durins that period fron 2929 to 1932 was the Stotc President of the UN. ‘alker did not seen to fight against the discharge of the UT m.mbers. I think theso men might have objected to the way Elshoff retece on the contract hed between himsclf and the UI at thet tinc, ani nore officinls of the Ur’ at this time. I think th. t Elshoff d.mnt this suriud world h.ve acted beyond the contract in his om intor_ st” owiag this period if he h.d gotten th chance to do so. It so.ms to mz thit vohn H. walker might hive been afraid of Elshoff for sone runson during this period. NI romomber onc incident prior to 1932 whcn Elshoff and Faleetti vontcd th: men t2 tike « hal?—-hovr lunch period instead of 15 minutes which youlée oike the men vork until 6:40 rao and not 4:25 FPL. Dlshoff vould heve bencfited o fev minutcs on cach conpiny nan by this arrangemunt. The company nen all belonzed to UN’. Tlsanoff did not pet his way and the men did not h-ve to work thc extra time. "In 1952 John H. “alkor wis strmz for a reduction in the w.ge senle contrict with Uli’ and the operators. "Th. St-te of ficiczls of UIT hold the first vote on the reduction at 2very loci] offiec. It aope:red that tho acjority voted cgainst it. Thon snothcr vote wis taken and it vent stroncer agiinst the reduction than th first votc. John H. Welker knew ho coulc not hendl. the situation and it must have been inportant that thre should be a reduction in the wage seale for Welker tas then baeked by John L, Levis tho clained the second voting ballots were stolen and pushed through the reduction, It looked tu me like the ballots were stolcn by Iewis's oom men, ‘Then the Progressive Hine Vorkers of Ancrica was forned in September, 1932 which will be rofcerred to hercinsfter as Pi I wont along with the others and joined. I was in f-vor of the Now Progressive nove= ment, I tbelicve thet the officials of the UN’ night have conferred with the Milinois Coal Operator assn, on tho mattor of rcduction of the wage seoic an that the UM’ officials might have been gecttine financial assis- po tanee for s~uttine this lower wege sevice into cffect. For this reason and ; tho reason that I beli2ved the billosts were stolon by the UM! therselvos, Iam gled to join the Pi. es ~ 269 Se Sg N-Series warm tt a cam