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(4 my Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET aL brea S7D INTERVIEW “ITH also signed that and I think I signed it in Springfield, Tll, and n> one forced me to sign that either. I heard about continued UMW forming 4 new local but no one came to me and asked me to join it. eed = * "During summer of 1937_ I don't recall of anything unusual hoopening at Mine B. I once heard something tho of some men from lfine B caine over to the Jefferson “ine and also there was some talk once about Elshoff being the owner or something of the Jefferson Mine. Turing fall of 1937 I went out to Mine B about a week after the picketing st:rted. T never had heard they were saing to reopen. The men there were all local PMA men and there were no strangers. J rent out of my om free will and I went out because I heard that others were out there protecting their jobs. IT heard that we never would hive vicketed the mine if those United Mine “orkers had not stuirted over there at Mine B. JI came home about one night a week or so ond then would co back out azcin and help them. Everything was quiet and pecceful out there and there were no fi-hts. No UY tried to go to work while I wis out there. I wis there when the inrshall came out and he said we would hove to leave and he put some paper out but I never rend_it,. All of us were willing to leave and we did and all were satisfied. cane out after the Marshall c>me and said it was right for us to leaVe. The Marshall came out between 9 and 10 y.m. and I ws the last one to leave there sbout l a.m. When the Marshall ceme out I think that and a committceman was out there. I never heard a thing about the mne UPying to reopen a few day later ifter the xershall came cut. I voted at athe armory in Springfield, Ili., at the first NLRB election and it was by secret ballot and no one told me how to vote and first I met at_ hall and then from the ahll went over and vated. Before we went over and voted we had x meetine and the big president of the whole PRA genve us a talk and told us to vote how we pleased and he did not tell us to vote Pid or any special way. Io voted PMA and it wes a gxod and honest election and I heard that Pia won that eleetion. I-don't recsll a thing about Mine B being reopened a short time after the election of UM! mine. “mee te na saloon and that Faleetti told him that when he has his money invested he i:ants to get the benefit of it. I also heard durine the last weck that Elshoff wes in Washin-ton and that when the PMA men walked. along they hod their herds hanging cown but when the UM men walked "TI never got a registered letter from Mine B but heard about It thru -129~ me tu ee ee me oe me a ree ee ee oe