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+ f 4 + L i Iheard of this through the papere. I vent out and Bskec day is the only time I knew this happen . “I 1 ieee about 3 oclock the afternoon of Uay fe, ealled the men out on strikes I dont know exactly what tho rcanon wae whether it wae because of the spies or becauce of waceee I cont reoall what petitions I signed during the seumner of 1937_ I do think I signed several such petitions, but I dont know wheres Any petition I signed was for PetieAs enc was signed under no compulsion and of my own free Wille “I heard of a U.l.T. local being forned the cummer of 1937, no one came to ne et that time to gat me to join. "I dont recall anything wnusual happening during the summer of 1937, no Eocy bothered me. "I was at the mine the morning the sit-down strike started. 4 if there was any work that dey and he said “yee, elong tO Us «“ I rember that on this day only a few men went to work these were sore of thore so-called U,i... men or epies, After the Frogressives found ¢izbithat no one could work unless they were U.tL". the Fal.aA. men @ecided that if they couldn't work ne one could. IJ was et the mine moat off the time during the eit-down there was no fighte or trouble while I was there, we just steyed there to protect our jois.e TI dont kno: of any one but local men taking part in thie. ‘ost of the nen carried canes or clubs, no guns that I know of. We were there of our ovn free will ve coulé come and go aa we wanted. ‘Ye were not bothered by eny U.i.", men at all. J was there the night the U. S. barshall cane out and read the injunctions The miners left peacefully, but sort of felt they should heve been alloved to stay there. "I dont know whether I went to the nine when they tried to open it Lee. 13, 1937 or note “I voted at the .eLsRsBe election Dec. 15, 195%, we met at the Hall end went down in ea group. To body forced me.to vote one way or enother and ae far as I know it wae a good honest election. I voted for FelsAe "I dont renenber amything neppening of unusugl neture tetveen the time of the election and the time the mine reopened. . “I got a regietered lotter telling me the mine was to re=- open end I was there the firet dey it opened, I dont remember any time Limit to report. “hen JI } reported to to go "pack to to work Ti geW Falscetti A, . f