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2 eae © O Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL : boc LTD IVTERVIEW “ITE distributed at Mine "B" by UMW. No one attempted to convert me from PA to UMW and I did not see or hear of anyone attempting to convert anyone from PNA to UMW prior to May 1937, a "I know nothing about the wage scale controversy in the Spring of 1937. "I did not attend or know of a FMA meeting on the night of May 11, 1937 nor do J kmow if anyone was expelled from PMA in May 1957, “About May 12, 19237 I worked all day and upon leaving the mine someone told me the mine was on strike. I do not mow why the mine went on strike and no one told me why the mine was on strike, . "J do not remember signing any petitions in the Sumner of 1937. . "TI do not recall 6 new UMY local being formed in the Summer of 1937. "Sometime in Sept. 1937 someone left word at my home for me to go to "ine "B", I went to Mine "B" and found aut the mine was being picketed by Pik. I remained for 4 for hours and returned home. Fo one threatened me if I did not picket. "I obtained a position with WPA soon after Sept. 1937 and took no interest in Mine "B", "I do not rember voting in tho NLRB election Dec. 15, 1957, "In the last part of 1939 I received a letter from Mine "B" to report for work. I returned to Mine "B" to work immediately as a driver and worked at “ine "B® for about one year at which time I was discharged by Oscar Falcetti because I refused to drive a mile. From the time I returned to Mine “B" in 1939, I was frequently given a different mle. I do not kmow the reason the mine kept changing mules on me. "No one asked ms at Mine “B" to change from PMA to UMW after my return to Kine "B" in the last part of 1939. "Tony Plotch and another man came to my home in 1940 to ask if I would change from PA to UMi. "J was nover threatened by anyone and I never saw any violence at xino "B" during the timo I was employed thore in 1939 and 1940. ~ 436 -