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pce ear e A a N PR e CRE eee ; w * RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, BT AL b > , c. £ ae ; 72D 96543 INTERVIE.. ITH > "J vas satisfied with the leadership of ay (cortimed) a union, Local 54; PuA at all times. £& never knew of a Pik mewber who wanted to return to UL, while I was emploved at Mine *B", "I attended stout one third of the PMA union neetings: during the pearioc butwces Segtenb.r, 1932 and seri, 1,37, but I was not active in union matters. “I knew nothing of the activities of the twelve atiners Wid Were alledged to be acting as spies whilz holding Progressive Union cards and employed at kine “BS, WRelative tc the vra:e scale coniroversy in the Spring of 1937 the Pi officials 2s fy, 1937 told the mines that they were supposed to vet buck pey datinz back te 4pril 1, 1937 on a retroactive a reewent. This Was never peid, anc =. mr’ knowled.e hes never been paid to this tine. ®To my Knowledge, there was Lever any trouble in april, 1937, because of dissatisfaction over wats. As to the back pay, Blshoff steted he never had a contract to pay tne miner retroactive pay and refused to havc any more to do with that mattcr. i understand that there never Was a written contract concernin: the retroactive pay feature, but that there was an oral agreement on the matter with Bishoff. ®J did not attend the Pil, meetin, held on the nizht of May 1, 1937 at which time, I undierstind evidence was sresented a..inst some PRA nembers who were expelled frou Fin. I understood these men held cards wit> the UMT as well as with the PIS, and this was why they were expelled from the Fi.. I b-lieve the coal cars were bein, loaded short because Elshoff woulc not dischar2e the minors who had been expelled from the Ft. union on the nizht of May LL, 1937. Therc was a lot of talk at this time, that is, at tho time the coal cars were boing snorted, about the miners who had bee ejected fron Pin. AS far as I know all the miners with whom I tv.lked knew wy May 12, 1937 that the miners had been ejected from... as T the following ven were thrown out of local 54, PH, at the PMa meetine on the nicht of Hay 11, 1937: : J0%_bLBANISE- JOHN & “ANLS Ta DOWIWEC FaSUalé JOEWSTRIOUE ot FETER CaRTER, "STORY Tat FROANL ISTE . Th. tes BOL ANON TORY FLOTCH JxTES ERIS ee en nm en a tne