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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET &% TLV II WITE "J nover attendod any meetings at which U.N, organizers were expollod but understood there “(eontinuee) eee were two moetinss at which at least nino men were expelled and I beliove that at the first cotine Bohannon, Cartcr and Austin were expelled. The F.MsA, attempted to not Elshoff to fire these expelled mon but he refused claiming that he could not lezally do so uncer.the wagner Act as it would show discrimination, after the company refused t> abide by the oral azreemont to pay retroactive wares and ts fire the oxpclloc organizers 3 suggestion was made and adopted by about 70% of the miners that cars would bo loaded short and thereby sause an inercasc in tho produotion ensts and in this woy Elahoff would be forced ek eee we we mri lS ibis to come tc on asreements "About two days before the strike Falsctti called me into the office end showed me the temporary contract 2né@ askod mo if I could soe anything in it about retroactive wazes. JI told him no but said that I knew that therc was a tacit undcrstanding between him anc b eeeas thot retroactive wases wore to be paic. fic flatly conice any verbal azrcement said his compony eruld act only on written contracts. Tic also told me that tho company could nc mot «ec on oapsratine with short loads beinrc sont un ked me if T could ad ty edb Nip ee Oe ed, WhO ee ee ee ee up One as ae ee do anythine sbout it. "On the morning of the strike =: I discusgod the controvorsy and I teld him undor no circumstanccs shvulc he strike the mine anc advising him that we could bring Elshoff to his knces by our present methods. "On the day of the strike everyone was calle¢c out and I didn't know whether it was o sor shutedown, I found out when — came on top that it was < « lied by WM™, soWhen IT came out I ran into Falsetti and he aske at I th er... it anc I said ‘he played richt ints your hondst and he said if I had been the board member it nover would have happened, "t ycoall siznine oa PMA. petition about two weeks aftor the strike which was circulatec to show that F.M.A. was in a majority and should have the barrpaining righte. *[ was at the minc when Pr nak Austin and those ra who w expelled tricc t> open the mine and thst morning Folsctti said tho company hac siened a contract with U.Meive and if we wanted ts work we would have to join U. Leila The men refused and bogan a sit-down strike which lasted until they were put off the ino property by an injunction. sr AnNLf£o wh were "I recal) votinz in the N.L.R.B. eloeticn which I.M.A, won by 2 larce majority. This clectinn was fair ond square as far as I know, ke IT pr OE or rte A Qn RPE, LUT I