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Some mae mem a ee mt RB a A Re a mR AR ee ee age Po — (: () 06451 Re: JON L, LEVIS, ETAL 4. 7 | | é> ID ; IMTERVIE. “.1LTE tole me and ther other men that there wore no jobs. rae I know, however, that when Joe Albanese or some of the other men who wanted the Tiited Vine workers brought someone to Falectti to ssk them to hire them, thet Talcetti always would hire them, I kmow this because I was standing arcunc trying to get a job. I saw Falcetti hire men introduced to him by Joc lbtncese anc Jimny | Fale just sftcr he had told mc and othcr men that there ware no jobs in thé mine. "Finally I got 2 job at Ving Be I joined the Progressive ‘ino orkers of imerica. I veat to the Meotings every now and then, mostly just to cleetions and to Snecial meetings. In thosc ycars there wera several fellows who werc causcins trouble at the mcetings anc in the mine. I did not hear cll of them, but I did hoar Joc Albanese, Tony Plotch and Jimny Hale say in the Prigrossive Vine \.crkers mocting, thoPtEEETocal f54 that someday we would all have to join the United Vine “orkors again, and that we would be better -ff if the local vere connected with the UMW instead OL Tne Fite “at other times in thet year before the mine went on strike I overheard Domenic Pasquale sey several times that we ought to join the Ui. I also heard 7 say the samo thing. "“Thosc men I namcd and also others such as John Sirtout, Andy Schrekevious, Pote Carter, Frank austin, Cobtog ananiady Chit Tty Eohsvion, ent the ¥stnz Jseavay were tricd By” the unison and expelled. “They WéFotricd 2 esuple of mo nthe or 83 before the strike if I recall accurately. "T attenced the mceting of the local #54 the night before the strik- I think that it was 2. special meeting. I think that therc was in announce- mont in the paper, but I am not sure. There was an announcement on the minc bullotin board. There wers ovir 200 men thero Bhat night. “e docided thst _we would not go back to vork until these men had been fircd. I think those rion hic been tried before, but the union decided that night to kick thom out of the Tnicn, and ask Paleetti to fire them. The noxt cay we went to work, end went cown into the mine Taq @id not want te work cos long is threc other 1G CoOWwn Into [ne MLN. . Clog 408 Want Go Z 36 4.0m Meek OUnCr mon wore working there, anc wo only put a little coal into each car, Finally. they called us out. "Ls far as I] can reorncmber therc was no discussion about a contrast or wagee at the meeting the night befcre the strike. we did not quit work beeause of wagos or the contract, "At thet time I vas very well satisfied with the way the rege ssiys— Nine Lorkers wore running, and was satisficd with local #54. I di “Want ts ¢hanze unions. I think everybody else was satisficd 2lso «ith the - 192 =