John L Lewis — Part 12

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a i ere er a ' C Oo RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL ; brie LAD * IXTERVIEN WITH = _mon back to work, and I tried to do t nnd in so doing = Gin: I took the matter to Board — and (continued) the to JOHN H. wALKER and finali ana I i 5 went to see JOHN Lo L&nls. Bi thee te Oe ee ficials were "y not able to get these men back to work or else the UMW officials did not want them back to work in the mine. I do not think the discharged men were apcitating for the formetion of another union at this time as this was before the formation of PMA. I think these men were discharged for some other trouble. Elshoff discharged them, according to Oscar Falcetti, because they were aggitators. “J was in favor of organizing PHA at Mine "Bb" in September, 1952. I figured it was time to get away from JOHN L. LE«IS'S control, I took no active part in organising PMA, fom a ee 1 Alle r 4 ST now nothing about the relations between ELSHOFF and PUA from September, 1932 until April, 1937. I was on the Pit Committee under PMA the first two years after it organizod. As far as I can recell JI worked at Mino “B until the miners went on strike in 1937, *I beliove tho MiA membership was satisfied with the PMA leaders, “I believe I heard that literature was passed out by the UMw to get the PMA men back into the UMA. "I do not remembor why the five men were thrown out of PAA. I did not attend tho PMA meeting held on the night of May 11, 1937, “I know nothing about coal cars being shorted or why they w were shorted. "I kmow nothing about the wage scale controveray in the Spring of 1937. “ "I signed the PMA petition of Mey 26, 1937 to show I was a menbor of PMA. I helped picket Mine "B" for 56 days. "I went out to the mine everytime it was supposed to ro-open, but I never went to work on these ocossions, "I heard the whistle blow on the days Mine "B" was supposed to re= open. Only IMA men went back to work on these ocassions. Tee "The last day I worked at Mine “BY wae on the day the miners went out on strike in May, 1937, until January, 1942. I finally left Mino "B* in June, 1942. ‘hen I went back in January, 1942, I joined the IMW. = 420 - ve a nnn eae ee a LN A SR LY PEP ESS te — CT PS

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a i ere er a

' C Oo

RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL

; brie LAD

* IXTERVIEN WITH = _mon back to work, and I tried to do t nnd in so doing

= Gin: I took the matter to Board — and
(continued) the to JOHN H. wALKER and finali ana I

i 5 went to see JOHN Lo L&nls. Bi thee te Oe ee ficials were

"y not able to get these men back to work or else the UMW officials did not want

them back to work in the mine. I do not think the discharged men were
apcitating for the formetion of another union at this time as this was before

the formation of PMA. I think these men were discharged for some other
trouble. Elshoff discharged them, according to Oscar Falcetti, because they

were aggitators.

“J was in favor of organizing PHA at Mine "Bb" in September, 1952.
I figured it was time to get away from JOHN L. LE«IS'S control, I took no
active part in organising PMA,

fom

a ee
1 Alle

r
4

ST now nothing about the relations between ELSHOFF and PUA from
September, 1932 until April, 1937. I was on the Pit Committee under PMA the
first two years after it organizod. As far as I can recell JI worked at Mino

“B until the miners went on strike in 1937,
*I beliove tho MiA membership was satisfied with the PMA leaders,

“I believe I heard that literature was passed out by the UMw to
get the PMA men back into the UMA.

"I do not remembor why the five men were thrown out of PAA. I
did not attend tho PMA meeting held on the night of May 11, 1937,

“I know nothing about coal cars being shorted or why they w were
shorted.

"I kmow nothing about the wage scale controveray in the Spring of
1937.

“ "I signed the PMA petition of Mey 26, 1937 to show I was a menbor
of PMA. I helped picket Mine "B" for 56 days.

"I went out to the mine everytime it was supposed to ro-open, but
I never went to work on these ocossions,

"I heard the whistle blow on the days Mine "B" was supposed to re=
open. Only IMA men went back to work on these ocassions.

Tee "The last day I worked at Mine “BY wae on the day the miners went
out on strike in May, 1937, until January, 1942. I finally left Mino "B*
in June, 1942. ‘hen I went back in January, 1942, I joined the IMW.

= 420 -

ve a nnn eae ee a LN A SR LY PEP ESS te — CT PS