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+ ¢ oO. Re: JOHNN L. LEWIS, ET AL. b?— 27D | - INTERVIE! WITH "I sav several P.M.a. men beaten, Me vas Jr 7 , and I can't remenber the names of the othcrs. / , es (Continued). e men were beat up by Bohannon, Lensky and Sirtout, some in the wash-house, and others outside the mine. The men were beat up because ther rere members of the P.M.a., and wouldn't join the U.Wiw. I don't remember any conversation or activity on the part of the Mine B management to influence the men toward U.M.N. during this period, "J remember that, after the minc re-opened, in the fall of 1939, got a job in the mine as an air checker. There was no position éiorc the strike, and he spent almest all the time talking to the men and trying to gct them to join the U.M.W. i have heard several of the men say that he wes paid by the U.U.W., not the mine management, but I don't remember who said that, and J know nothing more about it. every way. In my mind T ely sa ad h th « in it's much the better of the tvo wnions, I only jgined 0.1... because I had to to keep my job. "T have had this statement, consisting of approximtely four and ong half pages, rcad to me and state that it is the truth to the best of my knowledge. /s aaa, rlUitnesses: Fa wesbovte a Special agent, F.3.1. Springfield, Til." = 409 « . . ie eee ee Se . —arew ee em ee me