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RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, BT aL. I went back ond cot RR ons seid tLet's get out of here. NT (aentinued | "“Eurly in august 1937, I went out to the mine with tnd o talk to ELSHOFF about signing a contraote ws the spokesmoin.e ELSHOFF refused to sign a oan» tract, tnd sai t if he decided to sign 4 sontrect he would get in touch with use We, later in sugust, went back to get the petition thet had been given to ELSHUFF in July 1937. agnin telked to ELSHOrF about signing contract, but he aguin refused. He said thet when he signed o contract it would be with oa union, but did not soy wit uni on» "in the early pert of Se Illinois with L. C. BJORK of the I 4e me e president there, RaY EDMUNDSON represented the Ufix et this meeting; we were asking for en election &t Mine B to determine who the men wonted to represent them, Pda or Uftye EDMUNDSON did not wont an eleotion, saying thnt he had o contract und would put the mine to works ‘Je produced our evidence in tho form of petitions and the like, ond asked EDIMNSoON to do the sume. SOMUNDSON refused to present any evidence to show that the men desired Ul. to represent then, stuying th.t he would do it ct the right time. ; 1937 I went to Chimego, to see, Mra "Late in September 1937, it was announced in the papers tht the mino wos going to open mend thi.t they would need Ebout 50 nen to cpen tho minee I led about 200 employees, monbers of Pifla, out to the mine thet morning, end approached Faloettie I asked Faloetti how many men he wented; he said he needed cround 505. I efid 'I got then out here in o11 olassificctions.t Fcloetti suid tit he wos not going to put any body to work but Umited Mine “florkers. I reminod him wbout his previous contention about the lubor boturd when we wanted him to put the mine buok to work without the mon who hand boen oxpelied fran PHA in Mey 37. Foloetti said thet it wes different nowe Faloetti said thow do I kmow that 411 the men out there ore £11 progressive; there may be sone United Mine Workers among theme’ I suid tI will prove thrt to you Oscar't and then I oclled men through the office tnd asked then who they wanted to work undere They 411 ssid progressive. Falcetti then wanted to stop this procession, end I said that I was doing this to prove to him thet the men wanted to work ot PM; he suid oll right, let them come on throughe He refused to let any of thom work however unless he wos & United Mine Torker, «about 10 or 12 men went down into the mine th.t day. Ieter FaLCETTI came out cnd usked me to oletr the woy; that he wanted to put some men to worke I seid ' 611 right bring ~ them on out, no one will bother themet He took the twelve men who hed been expelled down to worke = 29 =