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RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL b2e £9 ek roby: and he suggested that everyone oe allowed to work at the mine, suspended members and all, until the National Lebor Relations Board decision was completed. i anOOs FU sie sii OV VS WES ted salted ae = met with ‘Elshe oln was the spokesman for our organ- ization, and at thet time, he repeated the offer that I had pre- vicusly made to Mr. tlshoff in “thet if the Labor Board recommended that the men who were expelled from Local No. 54, Pa, should be put back to work that the Progressive Organization would underwrite any expense in which Elshoff might be involved as a result. Wwe insisted that ell the Pro- gressives of this Locel were ready to go back to work, but not with the twelve men inasmuch as under the closed shop contract with the mine, they were not entitled to hold their jobs there if they were not members of the Progressive Miners of America. Contracts with Nine B expressly stated that only those who were members cf the PM4 were entitled to work at that mine. No agreement was reached st this meeting. "On September 25, 1937, I received a call from § Pgs TE who advised that Dominic Pasquale, Charles Bohannon, Joe had run him off of the mine property. They hed approached him ebout joining up with the UMWA end seid that he must sign in order to work at Mine B. williams advised me that they blocked his entrence to the engine gave th She iff of Sangamon County this information. I oie nroaeeedead ta wine B Than T arr = bre Kat har ee Ls Wit MULLIN “» TRG GG * CAL ba “Saw Donintc peque é try to conceal a gun which he stuck in e box of chalk right next to the desk of Falcetti in the mine office. Falcetti at that time wes at his desk. F tas] oa oo, "Shen we arrived at the cffice, Pasquale, 4lbanese, Bohannon were in conference with Falcetti, and cur eppearance apparently surprised them and Pasquale was not eble te conceal his gun in time to p event our sceing it. A few scconds later, three or four Deputy Sheriffs arrived, I picked the gun up and turned it over to the Deputy Sheriffs. This resulted in a search of the others present with the exception of Falcetti, and it was found that Joe Albencse was carrying a long barrel .38 revolver. Both Albanese and Pasquale were arrgsted at this time for car ing concealed weapons, TI esked Falcetti if he were trying to stor” me irom working, and ho said, "No". Falcetti did not reprimand any of these men for carry= ing weapons or for th ituation that was crcated by their actions on this date. I instructed bes ad