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i Wenner e there wW Wn, WERDEN © e212 = 079 ice Line. conbanue Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL bo IWERViIE” FITH The electio as gua ce . ™hen the mine opened up I got a letter telling me to come to work: J think this letter was from the Federal Coverrment. After Naat Te a ~ fim Gelso Ab 7 hed been yorking a witile three men came to my house and told me I had to join uwste4+. Thes2 mens ere , eccreeracii me I had better sign or at would cute . ould ose iv job. AS I remember this was around May or dune of 1940. 1 oS signed up with them at that timc because it was hard to get a job and ” I didn't vant to'lose the one I had at Mine B. I didn't want to join United then, I would rather have stayut mite Progressive, but I was afraid not to join U.M.”. "I grit Vine B abowt @ aonvkh ame uid ao now working at #5, Panther Creek. I vow belong to P.iea. tl co not know woat crvscd the strike in 1937, other than trouble in the unions, and T have no infermation as to what caused it. 'Thjs statement was read to me by agent Ga and it is true and correct *9 the best of uy ww mory. an ‘ic ¢ Cs Sut ; | erts Y RLF 7} hg sb Ase Ley Cc ts, U.S. Dept of Justicost on | |