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Rey gol L, LEWIS, ET AL INTURVIET WITH convention which was also ignored. Then we had a reforendum vote which wos going azeinst the eontanue proposed scale and another vote was taken later and it also showec that we ware winning and then the ballots wore stolen. "rota, crow out of a jliespice in Sept, 1932. Vavie MANATO Ce ke ont es ed od 4 tam r Veep ek A OF bY i) Shand Ar Ree fee on lsenl soncticned the set state seale, "Tho miners in F.M.A. appeared to like their officcrs and willinzly eave ony special assesmcnts which were mace to take care af the bombing trial anc cases, , ay first contact with Mine "B" was ints about 1935 when I was an alternete F.M.A. Boar?’ Mcmbcr and later while I was Bsard Member, That contact amtunted to sottline disputes and gricvanecs, I had somo difficulitiar in scttling these diffcronces because liine "B" afficials wore antagonistic most af the time, As on exanple, Falsetti was continually requesting the x hour clean up period which only U.M.W, hac anc which was meant for tho hard eoasl reziongs in Fenn, "After my elective office of Board Member ran out in February 1937, I asked Falsetti for a job and he save me 4 job as pardon tender. T was workins with Tony Flotch, Cotton Ananias, John Sirtout; Emory Jacaway ond Biil Crampton in the pardon, "it the time I betan workin; et Minc "B™ Chorlcs Bohannon, Peto Cartcr ani Prank sustin wero dcnouncing the officials sf F.NJA, about larze sums of money tcing misappropriated anc policy of F.M.A. anc were spreading Ui. propazands. bout § weeks after I started working at Mine "B" I startcd working et Mince "B" I started driving mules extra and was working with Bohannon, Carter and Austin and hearing them talk s while, I accused then of being U.M.0. organizers and Bohannon said, tI'm going to get minc while gettin is rood’ and by that statement I understood that he was being nid by ULM. About this timo the wave secle agreement ran out an nece, sisnod a temporary azreement with Oscar Falsetti, This contrac ailed to contain a retroactive clousc but lnimed that such a olauso wos understood to be a part of the contract by Tacit arroement botwoen F.M.A. and the minc cfficials, Bohannon anc Caurtcr found sut about this omigsicn and began tc inform the men that they weron't going te get any back pay because they had seen the contract and it wosn't in it. This argumont proved t> be truc because whon payday arrived the men did not got any back noy. This cousee some unrest among the men. I personally talked a ee it and told him that he had made a mistake but he wouldn it to me. = 149 - -- er tear OL OE Sa emcee cant ta ct Sp ae et te