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~ ay fw — /, 6 - 57D Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET 4b “ZY voluntarily joined the PMA in September, 1932. I liked the P.M.A. and felt I was getting more benefits under the PMA than under the UMW, but I do not care ’ which union I belong to.. "I knew the following miners who worked at Mine B prior to the close~dowm in May, 1937:. Joe Albanese, Andrew Schrelevious, Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Frank Austin, Tony Plotch, John (Cotton) Ananias, John Sirtout, Emory Jacaway, Charles Bohannon, James Hale, and Cudge Bumgarner. "T never knew that any of these men aggitated or organized for Ui before the strike in May, 1937. Before May, 1937 I was never contacted by anyone to get me to join UMW. "TI feel thet PMA had the majority at Mine B from 1932 until the strike in May, 1957. “I em not familiar with the wage scale controversy in the Spring of 1937. "T did not attend the PMA mecting of May 11, 1937. "I have never attended many union meetings before I became a truetee of tho UNn. yee I noticed on every tr p y em me worked in MEY » which was May léth,, that the coal cars were being loaded short. I did not know the reason for this. I noticed the men were uneasy, but I did not know why. "TI wes at Mine B during the picketing, and stood around the yard with the other Pu&4 men. I did not work. "TI do not romember the Pua petition of May 26, 1937, and I do not recall any other petitions boing circulated that summer. I do not remember any of the cecessions Mine B tried to reopen. iI did not go the the mine when it tried to re-open. ~~ “I started back to work in Mine B. in November, 1939, as a membar off Phibe "I joined the UMW sometime after I started back to work in November, 1939. and before the second N-L.R.Be election in February, 1941. ~36- eT nem tt ame em me a I Le TS tp me ST Dae at ar ee meee