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eo? f Pom) JOM] L. LEVIS, ET ab : ; ; s + e tir) ot "Before the strike I had heard nothing of any United Min working at the Mine, although gomc men working my have be- longed to both wnions, As J said b ‘».-, tho fecling of the men was in fawor of thc Progressive. In the year that I worked at the mine, I went to only one Progr.csive mecting, bectuse I wasn 't interested in Thion m2ctings, and not bicause J might have bean intcrested in United, I just wasn't intcrested enough in either onc. When a mccting was to be held, a motic. would be claced on the bulletin board at the Mince. These wiion meetings Were genérelly hel: about truce a month. I can't remember now whether or mot @ notice of 4 meeting to be held the nite before thc strike was post-d or not. Anyway, I can say that I didn't mow anything about sucg & Mmecting. INTERVIEW WITH (continued) "TJ doen't romember ever siming any petiti I 1s the majerity of the men were in favor of P NMa, a signeé one, I know that if a petition such as that was made UP, I would have signed it, because, as I said, I later voted for P Ma in the election. However, a8 J said, I can't rumembcer whetuer I Signed onc or not. I don remember whether anyone from the United “ine worker: ever came te me and ‘acked me to sign a potitio., but I know thet if someonc had I wonld not have signed it beause I believed th. majority of the men were in favor of the trogressive, and I was wiliing to gc with the mijority. after leaving the mine, except for th. time I voted, I don tt romember any the mine, except for th. timc voted don't remember any petitions of anv kind being giver me to Sign, and IT can't remember any conversation about any pctitions thit I might have nad, or heard ebout. ".ftur I went on strike I heard that tne thited was trying to organize a loesl, but no onc ever came to me and asked me to join tho United, and, even if they had, I know I wouldn't have joined, for the reasons given above. After th. strike, I heard thet United had set up a local, but I don’t know of any :cetings that either the United or the Progressive may nave had, "T heard that there was trouble among the miners when the mine was rvopencd, or aticmpts made te rvopen, but Twas not there, so knot nothing about it. No one cver asked mc to zo out to the mine to help, and I never wont out. J heard that th. sheriff was called at one timc, but know nothing further about that. I heard that Pnitsd was trying to get men from other Mines and put them to work at Mine 3, but I dont? remember where I heard it, or a.ytuiny else about it. i did hear that the P Ka got men from wien Bgece around Sesingfiepld to h. 2h9 picket, but T dadan tt know whother ovner PEAT i RT ed pe Saal aN ial toh wy See bilities the story was true or not.