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See pw: oe C a KE: JOHN L. LEAS, ET al. bre £7? INTERVIE'Y ITH "Sometime in April 1937 JAHES HALE asked me if I wes satisfied with the way things were gontimved going at Mine "8". I told him I was sutis~ fied and he seid no more. Ho one attempted to gonvert me from PMa to IMY. 4 short time before May 12, 1937 sane of the men at Mine “B" 4nformed me thet ANIRET SCHRELEVIOUS, DOMINIC PaSQUALE, PETE CARTER, FRANK AUSTIN, TUNY PLOTCH, JoMN SIKTOUT, EMORY dafiiaY and CHARLES BORAX ON wera attempting to gat them to phange from Pad to UMil. I saw the above named men talking vo different miners, but they never telked to me. So far &s I kmow the above named men did not threaten anyone prior to May 12, 1937. Ido not remember if the ebosve named men were expelled from Ria prior to May 12, 1937 for thoir Hotivity or note ‘Yuring the time I was employed at Mine "B" I did not see any offiouls of Wi. "I do not know of a wage scale oontroversy in the spring of 19376 "t 4 ono & meeting of Pia on May ll, 1937- Ido not know a = J eneambe : ing irl reosived notice of such o meoting. "On the morning of May 12, 1937 I went to work &s usutl. That day sancone told me to load the ooul ours short, whioh I dide I wes not told the retuson the oars should have veen loaded short. (m the afternoon of Mey 12, 1937 I we told to icave tho mine as thero wea 4 strike. J wos not told the reason for the strikc ond I do not know the retsone I-:did not know of o growing sentiment to strike thet days "I remember signing & Péa petition in tho Summer of 1937 to have PMa sot us my barguining agente The petition was brought to my home by a representative of Pla to bo signode I voluntarity signod the "I did not sign o UY petition in the summer of 1937, nor do I remember signing any other petitions "T yew of the formation of a new UMW local in the summer of 19372 I do not remember if I wos asked to join or note "In Sept. 1937 I reosived notiae sane way thet Mine "3" wos to open so I went to Mine "3" to packet is I heird Mine "B" was opening under UM7. I acted os a voluntery picket fram time to time for about two months. I was not present when the pickots were enjoined fram piok~:- ating, and it made no difference to me if PilA wos enjoined fran picketing ox not. Only Mins “E" winers acted ac oickets “nd there wea no violanoes . ~256— ltt ea ne 4 Oe i a ieee Se et Ta aan TTA HE A Te Mane ate tw ae r