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Re: JOEN L, LE<IS, ET AL . IFTERVIE. “ITH “I am taking this means of conveying to you my thoughts JOSEPE OZANTC and frank expressions concerning the raging oontrovorsy (continued) over your Mine "B" at Springfield. _ On Friday, August 20th, I sont you a telegram urging you to reconsidcr your intentions or attempt to sign Mine "B" to a contract with the United Hine Ucrkers of America, In this tclegram I pointed out to you that the employees of Mine "B" wore membscs of she Progressive Minors of Aneriet, holding their membership in Loca. Union #64, P. }. of A. at Springfield, which has jurisdiction over you: mine, but I am sorry to state that the tclegram was entirely ignored ty you since I have roceived no reply £7 ¢_ from you. J have been informod vy aS «=: hie messages to you have also been tctally ignore "Por the sake of refreshing your memery I call your attention to the fact that your mince has been opurating under contrect with the Progreseive Miners of /merics ever since it3 inception, and your mine wos operating “ith tha Frogressive Mincre cn March 3let, 1957, the date upon which the contract expirca. , "TJ eonll your attention to the fact that your mine, like all other mines throughout the stato which are under jurisdiotion of our organization, wore permitted to continue operating under the terms and provisions of the contract that expired March 31st, 1937, pending final scale negotiations and the making of a permanent ogreenent. "J call your attention to the fact that on April 2nd, 1957 you signed o tentative agroemont with our organization, accepting the above torms and you continued operating your mine under contract with our organization. "J call your attention to the fact that tho April 2nd tentative agreement which you signed carrics with it any and all features in the final making of en agroement that ie binding on both parties. This provision just mentioned provided for the retroactive feature that was agreed to in L joint scale confercnce on April 6th, 1957, @ copy of which was presented to 7C_ you vy aay ©: your signature, You refused to sign the Apri entative agreement for reasons bestinown to yourself and on the strength of the tentative agreement that you signed on April 2nd being binding upon you until such time as a pormonent agroement could be made, your mine wos permited to continuc operations. It was common knowledge to this office and to the membership of Local Union #54, P. M. of A., Whose entire membership are employees of your mine, that you were oO collaborating with Ray Edmundson, provisional president of the U. HW. %. of A., and that you wero attonding sooret meetings with lr. Edmundson and other U. Ms %. of A. provisional reprosentativos for the purpose of attempting to take your mine from under jurisdiction of our organization and place i¢ © 49] - i ee te inn eal ontatieieniingll