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b7c b2d Re: JOHN L. LiwlS, ET aL. INTERVIE.! wITH "During the tinc from 1932 to 1937 I liked the PRA union very much. It was honest and a good wiion, I Cort have never held @ position or ouffies in any union, ° fhe reset of the men seenmec to like the PH. also, “I remember the to~hing trials being held back at that tine, but I é€éo not know anything about thon-and never had any opinions about then, "During this time I never nuticed any UHM pickct lines and I never saw anyone try t. organize for UMi. Pasqualc, Pcte Cartcr, Frank austin, T Lotch, Cotton Amani _Ananias, John Sirtout, the two Jacaways, Gorse and sind rBowl i and aeveral uthers were wrking for Uj, On Warch 17, 1937, at 2:00 O telock in the morning sone one placed a bonb in front of my house on the step and wrecked my house pretty badly but nu one was hurt, But I do not know wi @id it. Just beforc the bombing and wmtil wo went out on strike no one ever tried tu talk m inte joining UM. "In about 1937 I noticed Joc ns > indy Schreie Schrelevious, Dominic Before May of 1937 I never noticed that any of the men I named above were going with any company nen and I never sav then at parties together, About 2 weeks befure May 12, 1937, about six or seven of the men I have named were kicked out uf the Pi lucal because thoy wors working for UMA. "Mm iy 12, 1937, I wont to work in line 'B! like always. Before we vent down the Pit Conmittec went in to Falcetti and told him that the . nen whu had beers KIGREG out of PM should not be allowed to go down ints the mine but Falcetti said they should. ive all went dm to work and the Board enber went te Foleetti to tell him that he should fire those men whe had been kicked cut of PIl,. But he said no so the Board Ifmber called the Pili: president who said we should strike, I was down in the rine ° all this timc, but n. cars cane for ny cval 8s) about three o'clock I walked gut and went on top because the driver tuld me we wore out on strike. TI had net noticec any cars being leaded short. ",. couple of weeks after we went on strike I rencnber signing a PLA petition and I think I signed anothor Pil, petitim a nmmnth or 80 lator. But I never signed a Ui petition. I signed the Poy, petition to show I wanted to stay with Pl, and not go to Uli. No force or threats or premises wore nade to me to sim those Pili. pctitions, "No unc tried t. gct ne to join the Ui in the sumcr of 1937 but during that sumncr I saw and heard that those men who hac boen kicked out of Ph cane to all the hvuses of Pit. mon and tid ghen if they wanted to go back % - - 389 - 2 ee a ee ee em ee eee a A ES + ne rere Re - wee, ne