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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, BT AL bre 4) "That day we had o meeting and decided to gc back the a next dey to picket the mine. We stayed nirht and day Ctontinued) after that. We stayed there and watched the place after that. We stayed there and watched the place cfter that. The men who hid gone down the dey before were in the office and the Sheriff came cut end let then po home. "e stayed about 65 days efter this to wmtch the property. Iw.s there every night. We were gourcing the property so that no ones would hurt it end blame the P.N.A. No P.M.A. nen were brought in fran cutside to aid in this. I went cut of my own freo will to pretect my job. "I wos at the mine when the Marshnll came & said we had to leave_ we all left without any trouble. a _ "I cid not gc out when an attempt was made to cpen the mine in Dec. 1937. I had heard it wus to be opened. "I voted at the first N.L.R.B. voting for the Progressives because they were the ones I wentod. I feel this was an henest election. “when they tried to open the mine in Jon, 1938 I heard that it was tc be opened but did not fo cut as I knew P.M.A. had an injunction at the tine. "I never went back after this until I got a reziesstered letter in Sept. 1939. I do not remember anything unusual between Jan. 1938 and Sept. 1939. The mine wus already opened whon I got ny letter. I had first learned the mine wns to be cpened throush the papers. I went cut when I got my letter _ FALCETTI put ny e the list and told me he would e211 when they were reecy for ne. me cane to ny hcuse nnd told ny wifo to have ne cone cut the next day. ‘hen I went back they c.ve'me a good room. When we went back ncthing wos said abcut the woze secle, we worked for what we ceulé got .fter being cff sc long. No cne asked me whnt union 1 belonged’ to. Seneone fran the U.N.W. saw me in the mine end asked me to sign over, about 2 months after I went back to work. JI dcentt ramenber his name. Bo- fore I joined the U.K.W. three nen came to ny house to ask me to join the UMW. I told them to cet out thoush they did not threaten mee No one ever . put enything cn my coal to cnuse me to get docked. The nen I nentitned cane ony hene in July 1940, » they were ANDY SCENELEVIOUS, young JACAWAY, ond a te fellow mine GEORGE Tm "I signed no mombership cards betwoon the time I went to work and the time I joined the U.M¥. I don't remenber anyone getting beat up or any trcuble pricr to the second N.L.R.B. electicn. When the second N.L.RaB. election was held I already hed joined the U.K.W. but did not pny any dues till after the electicn. "“"CUDGE” wns the man I signed up for the U.M.W. with, I did this because everybody was signing cver to U.M.¥. We signed over dDecause we felt if we didn't they weuld fine us the first chance they got.