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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL bre by INTERVIEW WITE "I nevor sew tho manogemont of Mino “B® with an official of UMM prior to May 12, 1957. onti nue *Y know nothing of a wage controversy eat Hine "BS in the Spring of 1937. "TI roceived o notice in an unknown manner that thore was to hove boon o special mecting of PMA on the night of Moy 11, 1957, I was not told tho purpose of the meting and did not attend. ®As woll as I oon rerbor I hoard someway around Mey 12, 1957, state that sovernl of tho minors at fling "BY woro thought to havo boon apiocs for UMW and wore expelled fram PMA. The names of those I know aro os follows: JNUREA_SCHRELEVIOUS, PRANK AUSTIN, TONY PLOTCH, JOHN ANANIAS, EMCRY JACAMAY, CHARLES BOH:NNON anc JMTES HiLE, I do not know whether thoro woe any dif} ficulty having the sbove men cischerged. "On Moy 12, 1937 I worked o13 day, on coming on top of the ground I wos told that tho mine, Hine "BY, was on strike. JI wos not told why the mino wos on strike. I do no% know why Mine “BY wont on atriko Moy 12, 1957, I did not lond any coal oars short om Moy 12, 1937 nor did I see anyone loading coal cars short that day. So far as I know thero was no intent on the part of the miners to strike Moy 12, 19376 “? do not rombor signing any potitions in the Summer of 1957. *I know nothing about tho formation of o UST local in the mummor of 1937, ) “Sotine in Sopte 1937, PHA hod on mocting ond decided to pioket Hino "B* which was supposo to have oponed that day. I acted os a picket fran time to tino, voluntarily, fram Sopt. 1957 until sometime in Noveuber 1937 whon an injunotion was obtained to prevent tho picketing. J was not prosent when the injunotion wos sorvods ®I do not rembor an attempt to open Mine "B™ in Doo. 1987 or Jan 1 938. "tm Deo. 15, 1937 NLRB hold on election to determing if Mine “B® should hove been DMT or PMA. I voluntorily went to vote and voted PHA, &o for as I know tho elootion was fair, There was no violence at tho tine of tho election. "y roooived notice to roturn to work at Hina “B® about Nov, 6, 1939, I roturned to work about a weok later. At tho tino I roturned to Mine ®B* to work I notioed tho remlts of no largo firos although the nine = 322 «