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pe cm ne i © O 4 Re: JON L. LEWIS, EP al. | | Se 1% a By ITH “I remember reading in the paper . a that the mine Would reopen in the fall of Continued). 1937, and I went out to the mine. In that fall I got into the picket line, but I don't know why the picket line was put up. I saw only Mine 3 men in the picket line. 4 "In the mnc¢ election of 1937 I voted for P.u.4. because T wanted to go along with the majority of the mners, It really nade no difference to me which union had the minc contract. I only wanted to work for my living. ™o one tried to get me to join U.iieW. until the mine reopened in 1939. Before the mine rcopened I received a letter from the company, and was told when to report for work, ",fter I started to work again, a man known as ce. mc how J would like to join the UU... I said that it fm ference to me to which wiion I belonged. "I signed with U.N. about 3 morths before the election in February 1941, I voted for U.M.:. because it Scemed to me that most of the miners wanted this union. I also thought that I would have to join the U.Hew. to kee "To me onc union is just like any other. I have no preforence oné way or the other. Nobdy ever threatened me to make me join a wiion. "This statement consisting of thig and one other typewritten page has been read to me by and I state that it is true to the best of my recollection And Knowicdge, (‘a declined to sign the above statenent although BLE everything contained in it was true). Special agents, FBI, Springfield, Til." . - 413 - ee ae ee ee me ee lpn RE EES A RE ER RAY SER, SIERRA IPRS ary “ar eee SS