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RE: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL ben Cc INTERVIE.. IT: (J = then I heard the mine was closed I still do (continued ) not know what the trouble was. JI heard nothing about the wage question or expelling men. 1 did not sce any cars loatted short and knew nothin, avout it. T do not rumenber sisnins ary. petition for cither P.N.A. or U.N. the summer the ryvine shut down. I heard nothin about the U.N. 0. forming a iocal in Soringfield in the summer of 1732. "Tl was at line "BY abuut a month after the sit down strike sterted. I was sick during the first part. “hile I was there tiere were no fights or other trouble. JI was there of my own will. We were there to protect our jors. I was U.ere the nivzht the Marshall came out, nothing happened exce ot we all went home. We were afraid wien they sent us home that some- one else right get our Jchs, "To onever wont beck in Bee 1997 ani know nothing about it. NT voted et the Armory at the first N.L.R.B. election. I voted for P.liwa. b cause that was the wa, I wanted it, no one forced me to vote. I wont down to the Armory streie.t frou nome. "T don't rescmber anything arout the attcmpt to open the mine in Jan. 13933. ; "T kne. nothing asout any wine B rien working ut the Jeficrson mine while mine 5 was shut down, "IT pot a resists: etter when the mine o.a:ned but I was sick and could rot go back. a came out and saw I was sick. J went back in about a monti. o werk in boop befor: I had worked in box gm My tools arc still in there, I vanted to ‘get tham but Palscetti would not let mo qi them. JI was talked to in the .ine to join the UI. about 20 men came to ses me in a day they wooo all nev men. I would see about 13 or 20 men who wer. new cver, day. Honody cver cane to my home to ask m2 to join the U.L.7, but the nev men-would ask vze to join at the mine and told me if I did not I would loose my job. JI joined the U.t.°. be- cause I vas scared and not of uy own froe will. The nev men who ware put om did mo work but Wont ali over the :lace tryine te get men to join, a MWe "T don't know whether or not I signed any cards for U.In.T. or P.M.A. in the summer of 1940, Aft ur the last N.L.R.B. election all of the new men left the rine. "T don't know winy tiow but I do know I just voted in once N,L.R.B. election. There wore some falls in the minc but I have no idea how great the damayze was, I know nothing about Jack Glascow, - 376 -