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Re: JOM L. LevIS, ct aL. b > b 1D (ITE wells err and sham me an affi- davit dated august 25, 1937 at Yirden, Tll., which re- fers to Charics Roth, who now is dead, telling me arc¢ others to attend a Lif, mcotiog. The information in that affidavit is truc anc correct and I have rccogni.ed my Signature on 1% and no ore forced re ta give that affidavit then and I think 1% was made in the court nouse at Virden, Tll. "T rlocall that in the fall of 1937 ifine B reopened and J don't roenll how 4 got tie notice out 1 think some one phoned re and I don't rucall of poing to any meeting vhere they icerded to do somethi:.g about it. T was all ready to go sc work 3:4 on that Lirst day I delieve that about Sor 6 men went dom anc they woo 3 vete Cartur, Cotton sananias, indy Gchre=- levious, Tony Plotch, Demonic Paswusle, Guy, Frank .ustin, John Sirtout, 360, anc wiMory J2e2 741 (father aa son they are) Charles Bohannon and Jin Hale, I think they a.) mac thgir worki.eg clothes on and Lobody stopped. them from poing to wern. J dop t recall of being ae that I vould have to be DIL befor: IT could go towwrk., Ff remeno-r thet sone of these men vho vent Gown hac vorkud there bevure bw DZ never heard they were spics for UL, I live: a and cid not knov everything that went on then. T cam. back ho ay anc in 3 3g or so Wirt Back and the picket line wes sct up and I stiyec there about 56 ears anc there was no trouble at all. men on this strike were from the loeul are ther. were no outsiders brot “ and there were no fights or trouble at all and we were just -rotecting our jobs. sc felt that the Us nen might come out if we left and we felt that they might brin } vor in sory outsiders gw J ot ales 4hrno min 1 CAKC OVeET Lhe Pili ew kn fam) Ta "T yas thers when the varshall came out and about half the men re clad as they wanted to @:t home and I think the Marshall sain that they ould rot let anyone else on the property and everyone left at once. "i did not krow that the mine attenpted to reopen again in Dee. 1927 but 2 roenall that + voted at the first PLR “election waich was neld in Spriceficid, Tll. anc it was br sucret ballot, I 88 working at fe oases ee 6 vor to iz ; oS ae ané wre both cent o ™ Sue r ard Voted ard tich vent home. I voted for ras I ficurca i as th. best umion for us ai.é we miners were satisfied with it. Fifi never irfluenced us mon how to vote and it vas an honest cicction and no strom arm methocs were usec. IT was still vorking .t in Jan. 1938 so don't know if mince reopened avain or lot but + did see something in the aiper about where they hud sicncd uo for Ul. but + frlt the injumction was still out. | "The gossip was that Clshoff must ve petting moiey from some place |! did not sipym a contract with PIh in 1933 or 1939, 17) ry ay ~ 318 =