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le Sa ae ee ee A Er ere RE: JOHN L. LEIS, ET ab L ? c.. INPURVIE.. ITs. § (continucd) 9D officials wers crooked or wron,. I never heard anything jrior to the strike about getting rid of PR. and getting back UMi, YT and others felt that the FI. officials were doin: a good job and we did not susscet them of anvthin~ and folt that they were runnins Loccl -54 alrizht for us. It wes run in en orderly fashion. PM. never used any force to make us “diners do thins or vote any special war. ZI used to attend the importent ri. mectin:. but did not attcnd all of the ordinary mectinis. IT and other miners have felt that sone of those Fou. men who tierce convicted in th. bombing case could have been not guilty. I end others vere all setisfied rith the Money reports from Fi4 officials and we nev-r suspected them of doin: anythin: wrong with the money. . - Pron 1932 to 1937 I don't reesll of UH. ever pickctinz Tine B or causing a strike ther. and I never sav or received any literature nor did anyone try to make ue join UT. and leave Fit.. I have never heard anything about an; rarties b: ‘tvoun Elshoff and ti men. TJ never knem anything ahout the wate ques the sprins of 1937 until one afternoon about 2230 o'clock ther. ; 31, board member, called us out of Hine B and told us winers that they had been un.ble to reac. a wazc asreenent.” T did not attend any necting tre nizht before the strike but heard at the mine that some ,i1. fellows vere expellicd at that neeting. "Before the strike be <n in 1737 it wes common gossip that Joe __ Albanese, Andrew Schrelevious, Dominic Fasquale, Fete Carter, Frank “austin, Tony Plotch, John ananias, John Sirtout, George and Fijor;’ Jacaway, Charles Bohannon and Jancs Male, belonged to one clfck at Mine B and thet they were givin informetion to Wit, altho they belonged to Pla. "On the norning of th: strike I did not know that sone PHA men had been expelled and I wont to wort: as usual. uring that day I did not hear anron: talk about the waze question nor talk cbout the uxpelled men, I was token br surorise when I zot called up at 2:30 FP. MN. On that day I loaded my cers the same as bofore but at some tine I hcare somethin; cbout cars being loadud short but I never found out what it was all ab ut. I did not knov we were goin, out on strikc till we vot to th. top of the mine that efturnoon, I don't rally know what the cause of the strike was. I cantt soy if it wos ovr th: wage question or boe.wus: of the expolicd acn not bein, fired. . Wrhen I vent home that nicht I had no idea that we would be out on a strike, I night have signed some petitions in sumicr of 1937 but JT just can't rveall about it now, Tomas ave si:md som. If TF gi ped fy AO one forced ms to sign it and it was done voluntarily by ne. ~ 184 -