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= * Ro: JOEN L. LE.IS, ET AL boc SAN local, oxcept those few men who had been kicked out. I hcare no complaints about assessmonts, cues, check offs and otc, ""ftcor the minc went down I wont back home. The next few cays I wont out to the minc with the rest of the fellows. I was rcady to go to work if they would fire the men, and would reeognirc the Progrcsasives as the union, JI had heard that Palectti had said that he would not rocognize the get wae eeeea ll osrsoeer cigeudane Progrcssiv fee 468 the unicn there any Moree I do not recall aver Bigming amy papers about thc strike, cither for the PM. of 4 or the qUM.. After a while I tried to get another job, and I did get a job on the WPA. "Theat summer I knew that a UMW local was formed for Mine B. I did not know thet a ecntract had teen siencd with this ion by the Mine B company. That summer both Joc Albanese atic Baa! asked me ts join this UMT local, but I ee not. I @ic no "In September, I wont ba ck with the rest of th shen they to open the mine. I cid mot want to go back to work unless they recognized the Frogressivcs ss the Union. There were a large number of us thore that cay. Oscar raleatti gat up anc told us all thet we could come back to work but that we wrule have to join the UMT in order to work at the mine because - they hal sicned a contract, dic not want tc work as 9 UM’ because I was a progressive and wanted to stey a progressive, Only 12 men went down that day, The next day we all came back, anc thgse 12 men cid not go back into- the mine. -e stayed arcund the mins then for about 2 montha until the Unitd States Marshall brought us an injunction, I heard about Flshoff tryin: to open the mine @ few cays after that, but did not go down to work because J was tole that I vould not be able to work unless I was 9 UM. she mon when they tried ae "A few cays after thet I voted at the election. No one told me how to vate, bothered mo, or threstonec me in cny way, I voted just as I wantec to. J think it was a fair clection. "I heard that they tried to open the mine again, but I did not try t> go back to work bucause I cid not want to work as a UM. I got another joo an the PA. "In the fell cf 1939 they decided to respon tho minc. I guess Falcetti tole the men that he woul¢ rocognize the Progressives os the union. JI never heard anything about it. "T went back to work on the first day that the mine was open. Iowent back to where I hac been working before, That part of te mince was in good condition. I kmew that there were a fow falls in the mins, Tf guess there were a couple of bac ones, but they had not fixed thom when I left. ~ 192 -