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DAA ONE FAP SYR: sean owe ee ra 7 a IRINA: my { eer . ij f iy . C Re: JOH. L. LiwlS, bT .L. bie L172 of the wash house holding the door shut so could net get out. «a day or so ate Went to Palcetti with the PM. Pit Committee to ask for protection and he refused to take any action. The and found my shovel missing and then I went next day, T-rent in the mine to ce rerrracesare roon. | | had been a Pia membcr, but had been threatened into joinig the WS, after having been apprcached four or five tincs to join the Ube, , m to leave his room as thc UM/ were out to get m ard he. said ne ned beon told not to associate with and PMA membcrs. I verb into rvom and hc eave me to understand he did not want me 3 mM hee room. At this timc, I felt I woule be injured if I stayed at ‘the mne¢e, so I lef. "Tl voted in the NMLPR election on Dicember 345, 1937 and thought it wis fair in every respect. JI voted in the second ILHB clection in February 1941 and felt the election was fair, but the mn had been mdc to sign up with Ul before ta. elcccion,. "J want to add that Twos further thrertened by the U2) in January, 1941 because some of the UM/ men cut up my working clothes anu snocs during the night. They wero cut up so badly I] could not wear thom. Tie soles in the shocs were cut from the uppcr part. Several other Ph... members had tavir clothes cut up ct the sam time. We reported this to the P<, District Office an¢ later to the States uttorncy's office in the County Building, Crews ref ATA Tllananad OPE Bidet yg tee stlVics "J made two affidavits at the PM. District office in connection One of these affidavits couccrned with the tactics of the Um orzinmizers. Or I do uct reeall rhat the other threat mentioned above. was TOO UL » tl knov Elshoff and Feleetti favored the Ue but I never heard thim say so, and I imew this bceaus. the Ui organizers mentioned in this statcment were sven by m in th. Company office of line 5B during the Spring of 1937 while IJ was at the mine, This was wunnusual, because ordinary miners do not hang arownd the Company office. "T have carefull read the fully 1 imdvrsvane th eevee Rete half pages of this statement which contains the tru my knowledge. Mo threats or promises of any kind mc to mekc this statement. /s/ as = aaa F.B.I. have “een nade to induce /s/ opicial gent £.B.i." me B =-280—= YE GeGVv—V