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vareps: ee a ee age ce ee el eben eae nee, cae tah oe en ome Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL INTERVIEW WITH were talking that if we did not change to UMW we would not get tc wrk. We voted then to go UMW. continued No one forced or threatened us, or me, in any way, and no one from the company or no one from UM talked to us enc nc one told us we had to join Uy. I voted to ro over to UI. after tre vote Edmundson came and talked to us, but I do not remeber what he said. -I went right home after the meting. I signed for UMMi right after the election. . ifferen me whether I was PMA or way. I just wanted to do what most of the men in the local wanted to do. I did not want ary trouble ard I thcurht the best thing to do to avoid trouble was to do what the majcrity did, which was to go over to UMW. Iwas satisfied working under UMW at Mine "A", "E didn't make any difference to "T quit working at Mine "A" in the fall of 1942 because the mine is too far away & I wanted to work closer to home. I joined PMA in Sept. of 1942 so I could work at, It makes no ent of three pages is statem et to the best of ny as rr . : difference to me what union I belonr to oy Lt ad has been rzad to m and it is truc and corr knowledge. (Signe) Soicial acent, F.B.I. x~eial Agent - F.35.1.% - 7a wo h i rc) Witnessed:— - £83 - oe a ee SR A ON RE ER AE ER TET TOTS RETR a ae EE EE eer = r