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2c RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET abe ko 25 2 INTERVIET WITH closede I recall of signing several petitions for ; PMa but I never signed any for UM.fe I signed them of gontinued } my own free will & no one forced me ‘to signe I can't reoall if UMY lead a petition out in 1937 but I lmow I never signed for theme I heard something about UL! forming « new lootl put I never paid any attention to Tf/ matters ut alle In fall of 1937 I was at ifine B bestuse I saw in paper it wes going to open under Iifil & FALCETTI wanted to let some UNT men down but he wouldn't let PHa men down so no ons went down & strike started & I went out part of the times ‘Ye were protecting the property & our jobs» No force was used to meke me go cute It was peaceful. No outsiders were there except local 54.6 I was there when MARSHALL oame out & we all left & vewere glad so we could get homee Papers said several times mine wes to re-open but I never went out till it opened for goods. I reoall of voting at first N.L.R.B. election at armory in Springfield, Ille. I voted the way I wanted to & it wes for PM4. No one forced me to vote & it wos o good elections. I never heard about men going to Jefferson Mine, In fall of 1939 I got a registered letter fran Mine B telling me to come out on & oertein day & I went & saw FaALCSITI & he oo: Ee: cuved in & he put mo in put I worked only 3 daymssus room wos finished then & they could not shoot Anymoree FALCETTI shid he would send word to me & he did about 7 weoks later. I worked about 2 months & some sir=boss of UMii otme to me & said I shouldn't I should d to U.Mte-& I should eir sons jobs. I signed up & om et wa: jobs. I wos well sutisfied with PMan\ then but joined over to get a « I heard too thet mon were being bent up but I never saw ite on't know if I signed sny membership eards in 1940 or note I never heard snyone of Mine B tell us we hed to join WY + it was just UM! men who cre srounde PMa felt they lead majority so didn't do anythinge : ce of men Bot with 30 Mo. men so I sould "Just before the sevcond NLRB eluction I went to & If! meeting & tdmmdson & several others there told us to vote for iM! & not for PMA. I & others still felt thot P.M. wos better but beouuse I had joined up with Uf? I felt if I voted for Pia that UW! might find out & I wes soared so voted UT. It was a good & secret electione I first wis going to vote for PMa but after attending the meeting I felt I had better vote for UMT. P.Mate lost that election because Hine 8 would not hire P.Web. men = but did hire a lot of new Ufi mone "There were a lot of ofve-ins when I went to works was re-opened & my tools are stil) there. I never heard of A _B in 1939 I don't know & ° 2390 -- ce re cae pe Re i ee tere a a ee oe me ner me me