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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. INTERVIEW WITH officers were presiding at this meeting Just a short time later the special meeting bc oarcisrH17: 9 eel was held at the P,M.A, Hall At this meeting the committee reported that if the mine was to open it would have to be under U.M.w._ at this meeting also another committee was appointed to see Elshoff as “the first committee had been unable to get in touch with Elshoff himself, At this meeting ary of the men could get up and have his say. There were some there who favored going over to U.M.ii., the main thing with all of them was I think to keep their jobs, they were afraid if they hung back the mine would be opened and new men put in their places, There was some commotion at one of these meetings but + did not see any of it, I think at the second meeting it was stated the mine was to open up under U.M.w, and Mr, Thrush, a dist. P.M.A. official told us to go to work and hold our jobs. I did not attend any meeting at either Redman's Mall or the Elks Club. I never voted to switch over to U.L.W. I signed up with U.MG. the first mornig I went to work. this was told me by The first 3 days it woulc cos regular fees would be asked, and I signed with him. He told me that for nothing to re-join U.M,v,. but after that "T signed up with U.lLW. in order to keep my job_ I had the choice of either doing this or going back home. It is my personal opinion that conditions at the mine were much better under the P.N.A. than under UE. "I have read this 3 page handwritten statement and it is all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and it is as I have given it to the agent, I am therefore signing it of my own free will. since: ; Special Agent, F.B.i., . Faul, Minn, _ agt, FBI (idilw, }" - 590 « am mee pete ot eet a tote tere T had to sign up before I could go to work_ | a