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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL bi yap ERVIEW the money. I did not take an active interest in the PHA union. contanue ; "I remember there were some bombing cases during this time, but I took no interest in them and cannot say whether the trials were fair. "During this time between 1932 and May 1937, I never noticed any attempt by the Ul to organize Mine "B", JI noticed no strikes and I newer saw any UW Literature. I do not know anything about any menbers of PMA in May of 1937 and I never heard there were UMW spiesiin PLA. , "J did not attend a PMA meeting on May 11, 1937. On May 12, 1937, I want to work as usual, and when I went down into the mine some one said we were to load only half cars, I don't remember who said this. But I did not load any of my cars short that day and worked all day. When I came un at the end of the day I heard that an had called us out, but I didn't know why. A couple of m&nutes later some one told me that we went out because the company would not open under FLA. "I did not go to work the next day, and never received any notice to come back to work until Nov. 1939. Sometime in Sept. of 1937 I heard from some miners that a picket line had been set up that day at Mine "BY, so I went out there the next day to look around. That was the only time I went ovwtte Mine "B" during the picketing. “after the strike started I think I signed one petition for PKA. ULW asked me to sien a petition in the summer of 1937 but I did not sign it. I did not know when tue UMW local had been forned. “J did not attend many PUA meetings in 1937. JI db not know why the picket line was taken off in the fall of 1937. "I voted in the Nationa, Labor Relations Board election in Decs 2637, when PkA won over ULW. I was not forced or threatened an any way and I think it was a fair election, "In Nov. 19399 I got a registered letter that the Mime "5¥ was going to open, I went back to work there in Nov. 1939. I heard there were some cave-ins, but I never saw them, I never saw that there had heen anv fires and no one told me there had been. fabaut tye ce three jionths efter the nine opened (amas “157