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cee el @ a? Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. — . brace’ b70 SO, INTER WITH knew about the meeting,as well as I remember, the meeting had to do with some men who were kicked out of the P.¥.A, for U.M.W. activity. I remember the following names . (Continued). as some of the men: DOLINIC PASQUALE, PETE CARTER, FRANK AUSTIN, TONT PLOTCH, COTTON aNaNIaS, JOHN SIRTOUT, GHORGE AND EMORY JACAWAY, CHARLES — BUHANNORN and JIMLY HALE. I remember that these men were “mentioned at that meeting. I also remember some talk at the P.lLa. meeting the night before the strike about what would happen if the company didn't discharge the above named men, but I don't remember what action was decided upon. "On the day of the strike in May, 1937, the men went down into the mine and loaded a few cars, some full, some only partly full. After a while, the union called the men out of the mine, that is the P.M.A. I don't re- rember how notice of the strike was sent down into the mine. JI don re- member why the men loaded the cars short, and can't really remember the cause of the strike. I think the strike was called be€ause the P.M.A. didn't want the aboVe mentioned men to work in the mine, but I can't be sure of it. I don’t remember that any talk or dispute over wages entered into the strike at all. "I remember signing a FP... petition shortly after the strike began, but 4 don't know what the petition was about. I know I sagned only the one petiation,and know I signed none for U.M.W. I believe i signed the P. Mia. petition at rrogressive Hall, ‘but J don't remember anyone coming to the house, No one approached me that summcr to sign a U.l.Wd, petition, or to talk me into jozning U.MLW. "I received a notice from Ming.B management that the mine was to at ¢ pen in Sept. of 1937. I didn't go out te the mine hat time, and didn't know anything about the pickcting. "In the election of December, 1937, I voted for P.M.a. The majority of the men were for it, I thought it was the best union, and I didn't want to have anything to do with the U.M.1/ "In the fall of 1939, I got another notice from the Mine B Imnage- — ment that the mince would re-open. I appeared for work, and remained there until 1942, when I quit and got my-present job. From the time the mine reopened in 1939, wntil the clection of 1941, which the U.M.W. won, I was talked to by U.M.4. men several times, and they tried to get me to join the U.H.w. One man, talked to me quite a bit, and told me that, unless tho U.M.¥, won the next election, and wless we all joined the U.w.h, J the management would close dow the mine, because they wouldn't work with the P.YW.a. I was never threatened or abused to join the UeMeves and voted | c for the P.l.ad. in the election in 1941, which the U.M.W. won. I joined ' aN ‘ a the U.JW. after the election, because I had to if I wanted to keep on work- \ f . ing at lfine B,. ry - 406 - , : 7 . aah. atin f