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et wee oan : er soto ee I a te ee ert weet take Sa eS Pee >. i. ys é a JONNY L, LEIS, ET AL bre bID Ai emma of this case, I thought there was just as 3 continued much thet the Peabody men could heve been just as guilty but they were never fired. But most of my informetion came fram the newspapers. “During the time from 1932 to Mar. 1937, I went to most of the THA meetings, “In the spring of 1937, I knew about five PMA fellows were stool rigeons, but I didn’t kno. exactly who thay were working for or whet they were doing. , They were Andy Schrelevius, Dominic Pasquale, Fete Carter and Frank Austin. There may have been more but I don't remember vhoe I do not remember enything about these men or any other men being expelled from the PLA. The reason we went out on strike in ilay 1937 ras bocause of contract trouble and some wage trouble. I do not know anything about the company refusing to fire eo71e mon expelled from Plin. “I do not remember attending a FilA meeting on Mey 11, 1937, the night before the etrike. On iy 12, 1937, I went to work fe usual. 1 wee I did not hear enyone sey anything about loading cere sh mt acy, but I noticed most of the cere were loaded short. I didn't hear anything about a strike until sometine during the day vie were pulled out. I did not knov why we went out, but I cam up to tha top end went home. A couple of days later I heard the reason we were out was because of the contract or pay. I don't remeber receiving any notice of any kind to come back to work until Nov. of 1939, In the summer of 1937 I got a job Te) I didn't go back to itine “B" except a couple of times with the FlA men rho were out thore protecting their jobs. During the summer of 1937 I oannot remomber if I signed any PLA petitions. I mey heve. But I am certain I did not sign any Uti petitions. ®t remember that a TW local whe orgeni ad during tho sumer of 1937, but I cennot remember enything ebout ste I was not asked to “Turing the time fron 1932 to lay of 1937, I never noticed that enyone from the company over fovored UM or PHA one over the othare I never saw ony UF picket line at Mino "B" during this tir, and I never sav any UN attempts to organize st Mine “B® during thie tima. mon * = mee ~ = a ua 7 : The reason wii Pa Avent to the Mino “BY En thea £612) of: 1937 “dh TUS Yar"tr probect thoir jobs and keep the mine fran being blown up, boceuse we had heard some one was going to blow the mine up and blames Z5APh 4 1950 co) a aa froge- {s/- 306 r