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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL "I remember going out to Mine B one morning when 15 UMA, who had formed a new local, tried to open the liine. These 13 men were composed mostly of the men named above. The PMA started a sitdown strike out there to protect their jobs. I was only at the mine for o couple of days during the sit down strike. "J voted in the lst N.L.R.B. election which PMA won by o big mejority. "While the mine was closed on strike I raised a garden and sold vegetables and went one year on W.P.4. I was on wPA when 1 got a letter from iir. Elshoff to come back to work. ‘Wihen I went back to Mine B it wes "open shop.” I was still a Progressive. Two or three months efter 1 was beck at work came around and esked me to sign up UNWA. I told him thet Lwas goin vod Vittic. Iwas never threatened or beaten, but I cor wis :. the office after he got beat up because he wouldn't join UMWA,, I finally joined UMWA beceuse I saw thet most of the men were joining up,” and I was afraid of getting beat up if TI didn't. i *T also voted in the 2nd N.L.R.B. election which UMMA won. "T don't favor either union, both of them trcortcd me about the SOMC » "I am presently employcd at Mine B as a digger. "TI hove hnd the above statement consisting of 2 3/4 pages read to mo by sen It is true and correct. // a, witnessed: a on , F Springfield, Illinois. bad = 97 -