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© + » Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. and told us to go back to work, ‘fe had all been talking | about these men who were supposed to be spies for about two weeks before the strike. "J know that in the morning on the day of the strike some of the men were loading cars short, but I don't know anything else about it. ~~ I think the men were loading the cars short to impress it on the company | to discharge the men the union wanted fired. I worked all that day as usual and didn't know there was a strike until I came to the top after - our work was done & somebody said we wore on strike, "I didn't go out to the mines the next day and about two woeks after the strike + signed a PMA petition to go back to work, I don't know whether some one came to my house or whether I signed the petition at the union hall. I do not knew amything about any new U.M.W, local being formed in the summer of 1937 and was not approached to join it. as far as I ~as con eerned 4 wanted to go back to work in the summer of 1937 but only wnder the Progressive. IJ attended some mecti go in the summer of 1937 and I think that most of the men favored PMA. "In the fall of 1937 I went out to the mne quite a bit to do picket duty and was out there when we were served with an injunction to break up. Our union leaders asked us to go out to the mines to picket so as to pretect our jobs, There were no threate on violence on the part of anyong. then the injunction was scrved all of the men felt the company had switched over to the U.H,., and that Elshoff was against the Progressive. It was my idea that the company vouldn!t sign 4 contract . and rccognize the pregressive union so we folt the company was favor= ing the U.M.A. ‘ "JT heard that some of the mn tried to go back to work in Dee, of 1937 but I didn't go to the mine at that time. In Dec. of 1937 the NLRB supervised an election at the armory and we all met at our hall and then marched to the armory in groups of about 15 or 20. There was no violence of any kind that I kmow of, . "TI know that I went back to work at [ine B sometime after the rine opened up in November of 1939. when I went back to the mines they were opcrating on an open shop basis. 48 a rule I was one of the last te start work every day s0 I didn't sea any segmens or any violence, JI had heard that therc were fights, but dn 't sce any, When the cumpany started hiring new men at this time it scened as though bhg a new men hired were 0.4. men, It was my impression that of the U.M.v, waa friendly with Oscar Falcetti and it seena ‘as én he took 4a new man into Falcett1 to eet a job, that : wh - ‘Us: wri. a ee a ac . oo + aoe . Boome eo . - - : we. oF a ee ea ae te Sg TE i Bo RRS RMT aE I PS aE RIC A eR cE ES Oy mame eae