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JOH: L. LEVIS, ET AL INTERVIE: ITH (QBs 1 went around and contacted oll the men we:-knew anc got up ea meeting, this was continued held I believe at F.2.A. Hall. I did not get to this meeting it broke up in an argument before I got there. The officers of local 51 FP.li.A. had heard of it and broke it up before I got there, the progressives never interfered with any ‘meeting After this contacted me again and we orgenized another meeting, thie was upstairs on Lionros St. in some hall. This meeting Went off quietly but we did not heve enough there to decide anything all the men there wore from itine Ae Edmundson did not attend any of these meetings and neither Baumgarner or nede eny talks, they were both very poor at this, No one else contacted me from U.}.1.. and I never saw Fdmundson until we called him in to organize us after the meeting at the Elks Club. After the second meeting wo orpanized a big meeting which we held at the Elks Club, this wes the meeting at which the men voted to join U.ILW. I think the men voted to change back to the U.ei..¥’. because they were afraid that iline A would te kept closed and coal removed from it through Line Be I know - I tole them this, it was whet I had heard and believed, I think#eum- sgerner was the one who told me. I think were Eincere in whet they had tolc me and were on rving to keep their job. I cont think this goes back em farther <n: I «=: myeelf. I dont believe thst Faleetti, Elshoff or John Levie had any- thing to do with it. I tried to influence the men to go beok to U.lee becouse I cid not went to ree whet hed ha-pened ct #ine B happen at tine 4. I didn't rant to see eny things brought in end any men beat. I told the men thie in a telk I gceve to them, I dont believe the ecme thing haoprened here ae heppened et line “BY, I think it was just the ray things turned out. I workec as hard as anyone to get them. to return, I never got one cent for this. “We went around and got cll the men to come to the meeting et the Elke, I woe in bed but I went down we elected officers end everything right at thet meeting. e Meeting we took e standing vote all ell were in fovor but one, I had told the men we were there to vote on whether or not we were to return to U.LLT., I hurried this through beccuse I heerd Keck, Frees of F.}.A. hod & couple of men there to place & motion to postpone action and I wanted to hecd them off. After the vote re elected officers and then a men said that Edmundson vee ready to eveer us in to U.i.'. JI appointed he and another fellow to go get Edrunceon end they were there in cbout 5 minutes. After he got there Edmundson gave @ ehort talk he eid very little. There were & couple of fellowe running to Edmundeon end keeping him cdvieedc, but I don't think that even they vere paid anything as they were alwoys . the onee to euggeet peesing the het for a collection to pay rent on the holl and if they head been =cid they would probcbly hove poid euch expenses themselves. Tro or three of the F.i.A. iooal 61 officers want ~- 480 = ee rer erage rrr mgd 5 TR Ye