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ee ee Ret JOEN L. LEWIS, ET AL 596320 and one time Frank gustin told us we were getting less money than the U.U.W. He did not ask us to join the DW. though. * aU ete ny did not attend any union meeting the night some of the men were ordered expelled from the union. JI had heard there was supposed to be a special necting of our union the day before the actual strike, but cid not know what the meeting was .. ou. until the next dar when the strike ¥as called, "Before we started work on the morning of May 12, 1937, our pit conmittenen told one of the Falcetti brcthars that sama of our men had . been expelled from the union for being active for the U.M.1. and that those men should not be allowed to work torus. Our committemen reported to us that the company men said they couldn't atop the nen from working because that would be a viclation of the Wagner Act. Our nen were opposed to working with the same men as TI previously mentioned, that is, Albanese, Carter and the others. To the best of my memory there wasn't ‘ any “argument “about wages that morning. Most of our wen khew that those men mentioned had been kicked out of our union. . "Our men went down into the mines and most of the men loaded the cars short. ‘Ne decided to do that after talking over the situation below and all of our men were sore because the men we were complaining about were supposed to work with us. We loaded cars short most of the day and when we came out of the mine at 3:30 we were told that the union was going to hold a special meeting outside, next to the pit in Mine B. I do ranember that the president of our local had charge of the meeting & he toid us were going to strike and for us not to come to work the next day, I remember that shortly after the strike there was a union meeting voaye = + Eibukes at our hall and I signed a petition for the P.M.A. at the hall. Mhenever our men heard that the company was going to open the mine we would go out to the mines and picket. I remember that at one time I stayed at Mine B on picket duty for abaut two weeks, I went to work for fine A in about September or October of 1937 so I do not know much about WHAT happened at Hine RK after the strike. "During the time I was at Mine B I never received any threats from anyone. JI voted in the NLRB election during December of 1937 and remember that we all met at the PHA hall and marched to the Armory in a body to cast our vote. I didnt hear anything about any threats or fighting that went on at that time. At the time of this election I was working at Mine & so I cannot state as to what took place at that time. I am willing to testify in court to any of the above factss TI