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ne a ea em ree ee a cam Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET aL. Se £4 2D INTERVIEW wITH "T don't know much about the bombiigs in the territory, but I scem to remember that most of the ontinued) men didn't believe that all who were accused of it were guilty. "In tho fall of 1939 I heard through the P.M.«, officials that the mine wis going to reopen. J think they said that the mine would re- open under a U.M,u ntract. about onc week before the mince opened, Bohannon sn MM 2 to my house, and asked me to join the U.M.W, They told me that all the men were going U.tM.«, and I had better join up if 1 wanted to work. «side from that, they did not use any threats. I told them I didn't want to sign up, that I didn't want to work in coal mincs any more. when I went back to work, in the fall of 1939, I just cleaned up some of the work left at the timc of the strike, rot taking mors thin a couple of days, and then quit. I had some loose coal, that had been shot, and wanted to load it, and get credit for it. J also thought thet sooner or later the mine would go back I.i.s. and + didn't have any use for the U.if«. I also wanted to get out of the mines and into some- thing clse if I could, "One day in tom, aftcr I quit the minc, I sav one of the men, mere, who wis hurt. J "asked 3 that had happened, and was told that he had “been beat up in the mine. I hcard of others who were beat up, but I can't remembcr their names ¢ did hear that they were beat up boeanse they Gidn't want to join the U.liw. told Dan lMeGill and ilijas Comptes that he never would sign another contract with the Fifa. I also hcard somcvhere that the Mine 3 manage and the U.M.. men had a beer picnic, but I don't know the time and place, or any more about it. "T remember hoaring, while the strike was going on, that ner | "T did not vote in the election of 1941, and never joined the Ua Metis "7 know that there was ro position at the minc before the strike for an airecheeker. after the strike, fe had a job enxlled that, and I heard that a person had to sce him 1f vou Wanted to gct a job at l8ne B. The above statement, consisting of approxinatcly five anda Quirter pages, has been rvac to m, and I state it is true to the best of my knowledge. ont special Agents, FBT, - ; Springfield, mu..." 7250 ote fer _ Oo cam eT gg Mm a se eg are et ee ne ce em top pet ce ee te