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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL VIE! ITH. © Know the rea¥on f6t Falcetti's remark. From 1932 to Hay 12, 1937 the management of Mine "3B" was not * hostile in its attitude settling grievances. tt think PMA is an honest union; being operated for its members, no unusual special assessments have been made against me. I have neyer taken an interest in union activities . J am at prezert a member of PMA and I think it is a good union. "I took no interest in the bombing cases and I do not know whether the PMA members convicted, got a fair trial or not. "Between 1932 and May 12, 1937, so far as I know, UMT did not set up a picket line at Mine wrt nor did UMW distribute any literature at Kine "B". About six months piror to May 12, 1937 Charles Bohannon and Tony Plotch told me that UM. was better than PRA and wanted to know if I wanted to join UNT. I did not answer Bohannon or Plotch and they said no more to me. JI do not know if they talked to anyone else. No one other than Bohannon and Plotch made efforts to convert me from PHA to U.M.Y. "J never sow an official of UNT with the management of Mine "BY prior to May 12, 1337. "YT did not know of a wage scale controversy in the spring "On the night of May 11, 1937 I attended a regular meeting of PUA. Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Frank Austin, Tony Plotch, George Jacaway and Charles Bohannon were to have been expelled that night. I did not stay until the meeting ended and do not remember the details. The members at the meeting were talking about striking the following day as they did not think those expelled would be discharged from Mine "3". I do not know if the above mentioned men defended themselves, but they were charged with attempting to orgenize Mine "B" for URN. "I did not go to work May 12, 1937 as I thought tlere would be a strike if those expelled from PNA were not discharged, therefore I can furnish no information as to what went on that -day. I heard later @&: strike was called. tT do not remember signing any petition in the summer of 1937. I knov I did not sign an UW petition. "tT heard a new UM local was formed in the summer of 1937, -174- Bee eg Le RR TTS TUE TL COME acme mer atte ea ee mT “