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NF * d-3 De ~ | b7 0 At this meeting a vot was taken, which vote was praciicaliy uninimous in favor of the PKA local going over to the UMN. At this point Mr. Edmundson was invited to come to the meting, and he was informed as to the decision which had been reached. He thereupon addressed the entmnamn tha man dint on the TRE =tananA a ee aa tad aned 2h nt hewn an ty TEC LLng ena Bitated Visa me wes P4ASe acu wo FRC a ed eh ON end thet he himself would do his best to make it possible for the men to go back to work at Mine A, At the conclusion of the meeting, ® group of men went to Ed:mindson’s office at his Snvitetion: This group “numbered about six or seven men, ms myself. When we got to Edmundson's office we ciscussed the getting of a charter for the new union local, and Edmundson ssid he would arrange for it and he also caller his stenographer in end dictated 4 statement, which he signed, to the ef- fect thet he vould do all in his power to get the mine reopened and get tac men back to work in Kine A, Edmundson kept one copy of the statement, and gave the original to with the understanding that if the mine re- opened thet the statement would be given back to Edmundson. +9 \ A / “At the meeting in the Elk's Hall, after the vote was taken Edmundson called, he sent his secretary for some application blanks aftor and every man in the "hall signed an application to join the UMW. After uggested that icers were nominated from the floor and someone fat ff "Other than as stated above Ray Edmundson made no assurances in my presence that the mine would open if the union were UM7; nor did he ever indicate in my presence the extent of his relationship with Elshoff. I heve never heard of the plans which Eishoff or Feicetti may have made concerning their plans for the operation of Mine A, or their relationship with the UMW, except as I have indicated above wherein I heard the state- relztive to the impression left by Elshoff on es ae 4 ment o whéir minds aiter wicy red conferred with him; and other then the general knowledge which most of the men had of the fact that the Mine B operators favored the UHH. , "Throughout this statement by UMW I refer to the United wine workers of America. Sqr oh Fe, . a i ‘—= 7, a whe, re