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John L Lewis — Part 10
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Ros JORN L. LEVIS, ET AL.
Le ety
I kept on working with WPa. I voted in the election
in December 1937. No one told mo how to vote or made
me do anything that I did not went to do. J voted
just the way I felt at thet olection.
"I only heard of the mine trying +o go back once, between the
time of the strike and the time that the mine cotually sturted to worke
Vhen I went back toe work I did not see any indication of tny big eave in
or fires The minc was in good shipo when we went beok to worke
“after I went baok to work it wos a yeur before anyone asked
me to join the United Mine Workers. About the stmce time my clothes
wore stolon, and my tools were takone. I talked to Elehoff, and Faloetti
about it but they did not do onythinge JI quit work the dey tht
wes deoten, which wis just ao fow duys before the next olection a
mince I voted at the elootion, but I nover went baoke. I nevor joined
the Unitcd Mine ‘forkers but I had boen asked to do so many timogse
"I wos always satisfied with tho Progressivo Mince Workers. I
novcr wanted to join the United Mince Vorkerss ‘None of thé Progressive
minc workers cvor threatened mc or asked me to do anything thet I did
not want to doe
nt_on this cnd one othor poge has boon rood *
It is truce and cocuratee
"Tho above st
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