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Copa pT cere ee etapa womny os Re: JORN L. LEVIS, ET AL oe. m7 IvTLOVIE. “ITE continue District No. 12 of the United Mine Workers of America, of which he is the Provisional President. ; “During the meeting, whe was our spokesman, produced the petitions signed by the Progressive Miners definitely establishing the desire of the employees of Mine "BY t> telong to the Progressive Mincre of America. EDMUNDSON was asked by +c show his petition in that hearing and he told him he would prescrt 113 petition at the proper time. At a later dete CRARLE aun was hold in Chicego before ORE tne ey did not have over twe.u:” or twornty-Tive names signed to a petition But- ~ when EDMUNDSON came tuck he contacted them tre~they went to the United Mine ‘orkers Building and signed a ict of names on the petition with their left hand and right hand in any way they cculd change their writing. He said they signed 350 names on there altogetnor. I, personally, never saw any petition circuletcd by the United Mine “orkers and none was ever produced in any of the proceedings which folloved thot I kmow of, "T was not at the mine in December of 1937 vhon an attempt was made to open it just prior to the labor bocrd election, The labor board election was held on Desomber 15, 1937, ot which time the Frogressives won tho election by en overwhcolming majority by vote of 404 for the Progressives and 25 for the United Minc Workers. Thore vas nothing that J saw that was unfair concerning this eloction. "A meeting was hel¢ at the Progressives Hail on the day of the election of various members of Local 54. “on January 4, 1938, after the labcr board head certified the Progressives as bargaining agency for Mine “B‘ I started to go out to the mine but on being told by some of the members coming back that ths mine was closed down J returned home, “on January 1, 1938, I bocame a member of the Pit Committee for Local $4. It was the duty of thie committea to take up grievances with - tho Management of Mine B. ~- 286 - ay