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i if a eee wt rir Ee oan as ae ri: JCHN L. LEVIS, ET AL INTERVIDS WITH reports on money matters. ‘hen tho P.U.A. started it wos hord pressed finiancially, I know that they didn't ecntinucs poy me cll they promiged as a board member. This was due to their finianes] circunstances. I don't know of anythine to indiecte dishonest handling cf union funds. J recall the F.Mi. mon who were sentenced for property bombings, I have no opinion as to their -ailt cr innocence. ‘Whilc the +,M.A. wos the unisn at Mine 3B, it wos never to my knowledce picketed by the fai. nor wos ony litoreture "distributed by then, I did net know cf any froup in P.M.A. who were actually U.H.W. mon. Nc one ever contacted me te mot me te jcin U.k.W. at this time. I hoard noth- ing ebcut any parties being civen by ELSHCFF for UM.av. or by UMW. for hin. ""hon the contract expirod on 3-31-37, A told us We were working ¢n & temporary egreenent end that cur puy would be retro-active.te ipre le I fisured ct this time that F.l.4. would be able tc get ua as food & contrnet es the Uekei. Im April and early May cf 1937, there wore no show~ Aaiwns cr stoppaces at the minc cr any «thor demcnstretions sc far as I know, cover the ware issue. I hnve ne idea as tc the menopments position in the wage metter. I did not attend the 5/11 meeting, where I belfeve two FM. membors were expelled_ I don_t rasember the names cf those expelled. revious mest: ings I know that some manvers were expelled. I wentt werk shat this wor just like eny cther day to mes I don_t remender any commotion at the nine Ghev day cver eithcr the wage question or the men who had been expelled from F.M.i. On 5/12/37 there were scme cars londed shcrt, I did not purposefully load any shrrt and no one tole me tc lond cars in that manners. I had a couple cone cur shert beccuse tho drivor come & pot them too soon. On the last day we worked Iwas colled -ut of the mine and wont over to one of the men & osked where or- ders cang from to strike the mine, he said from district heedquarters. I then sav and he told me he hed ordered the mino closed, he dic net at the tine tell me why he had called the strike. I did not foel at tho tine that a striko should have been erlied at Mine B. IT never honrd thet the roeasu. fcr closine the mino was becruse the Cc, had refused te fire men expelled from i.M.A. Thoro wis o picket line at Mine B for a fow days_ this was on the read nt the nine property. "I sisned the first a 4. petition en the rond noar the mine. I -tiee AUS EL irs wee not forced to sicn end did it of my own free will. “I sinned a lntor Fetition which wis to be submitted to the labor- boards I signed this also of my cw free will. "I dia not sign any petition for U.M.W. curing the summer of 1957 and don t recs1l being asked t> sirn such. of 1937. I wes 1 4