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ne ee Re: TOUN T RereGs EY af 3 VU de Hy Da ale OC be” joIP INTERVIE.. WITH "Setween Sept. 1932 ard vay 12, 1937 UIs never set up 4 picket line at Nine 'B! nor did UM/ distribute ortinue any literature at line 'Bt. No one attempted to convert - pr ior to AY 12, 1937 nor did 1 see or hear of anyone set Blo woelisee 2 he: ery Pos members vO Uibis "T never saw a ULfi official with the management of Mine '3' between 1932 and tay ig, 1937. "In the sprirg of 1937 I widerstood that Pl was attempting to get a contract with clshoff to increase the wage scale ten cent_ per ton. Neither the officials or the management of Mine ‘Bt made any statenent to the employees of Mi:e 'B' prior to iky l2, 1937, so far as I know there was not any slow dovm about the wage secie, "J do not know of a meeting of Pla on the night of ‘ay 11, 1937. "On May 12, 1937 I work ked all aa y and did not know of a strike, On the morning of lay 13, 1937 I returned to work at Mine 'Bt and some- oue told me that the Mine vas on strike. On the morning of Vay 13, 1937 I heard an argument between Oscar Falcetti of Jfine 'B! an on ooard member of Pil:, about the signing of a contract to increase the wage scale, therefore, I thought the strike was over the wage scale. No one informed what caused the strike. . "TIT did not sign any petitions in the summer of 1937. "Sometime in the summer of 1937 T talked to gl TSH SET, OU PETE Gu2TsB, Fiullk UST", many PLAEc “JOH _SKANLAS, | JON STRTuuT, CoRLES BOULNEON and JES ALE all of whom informed me that they had been expelled from Pik ; because 1 they were UMw. I did not kuow the above men were expelled until they told me, all of whom informed me that I shovtd join W£;, but they did not threaten me if I did not. *T kiew new Uli local 7469 was formed ian the summer of 1937 but was hever approached concerning joining. "In Sept. 1937 I was informed by sone miners who formerly worked at Mire 'B' thrt the mine was to open. JI went to work on the morning the mine was to have opened, but only some UKs members were present to work, so J did not go into the MONE » To oue told me IJ could not work. That day I started to picket at Hine 'B' and acted as a picket for two weeks. Only miners at Ifine '3' acted as pickets and no one threatened me if J cid not picket, I was not present at iline '3!' when an injunction was - 317 «