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Q | © Re: JOH -L. LEVIS, ET aL. * FE ae ee * { , INTERVIEW LITH aes >: onc of the men who cane to the wae nin ter the strike. I do not know what he was vEUanue d } supposed to be doing in the mine. I never saw him doing try, any Work. He came to my room a few times and talked to me about switch- ing wiions, I teld him that I did not want to switch but I would join any wiion which had the majority. [fo one bothered me, although I heare that some of the other men at the mine had been bothered about joining the UMy and that there had been some beatings. I wondered what ices was supposed to be doing in the mind. I never saw him doing any work, “tem I asked somebody whet he was supposed to be doing. They told m that he was supposed to be an air Examinier, JI had never hoard of an air cxamincr at Mine B before, The mine examiner checked the air at night. They had never had a man to do that in the day time before + oer came to the mine. After he left, there was no one as an air inspector in the day time. at bn Dh oined the vy that T could join and not have to pay a new initiation fee, SE <>: to mc and told me that all the fellows had joined up, and tha ey had a mjority and that the mine was going to be UM entirely. He told m that if I did not sign up by a certain date that 1 would either have to lcave the mine or join up with the UM. So I joined the UMi on the last day. I did not want to join the Uli. If any other jobs had been available at the timc I would quit and gone to work somewhere elsc, but 1 had to have a job, so I joined the Uw even though I preferred the PMV, — WT joined the UMW on the last dad "In the second elcection no one tried to influence ny vote. I voted exactly as 4 wanted to vote. "In Way or april 1942 there was a fire at the mine and I could not work in my section, They asked me to work someplace else in the mine and double with some one, but that was against the wnion rules so I went home, when I went back there was some quarrcl about it, and I de- cided to quit. "I have read the above statcment on this page and three other pages. It is 21] true and accurate. /s/ Wire, a —— Special Agents FBI" =» 347 « SRE nimi eer ou: