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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. b> "I went to Mine B 3 or 4 days after an attempt was made to reopen it in September 1937 and all the P.li.A. mem were on a sit-down strike or picket- ing. JI stayed ere then as a picket wntil an injunction was served on us. All the men wh picketed were from Mine B and I did not See any fights or violence of -ny kind while the mine was picketed, "I voted in the N.L.R.B. election in Dec. 1937, and as far as I could see it was fair election. P.ia. won by a large majority. "I went to work in November 1939 at Itine 3 as a member of P.MLA. but I knew the mine was operating under an open shop agreement. I paid -ues to PHA for 2 or 3 months after I went back to work, FJULA. dues at that time were $3 a month and U.M.W. was 32 a month About a month later I joined U.M.. because I wanted to belong to a union and I thought most of the men were U.iiu/, members at ifine B because a lot of the old employees had quit and didn't come back. "T voted in the N.L.R.B. election in Feb. 1941 and I think it was a fair election, I am now working at ifine B as a trapper and I have no fault to find with either wion and I like whichever one I may be working under, "I have had this three page statement read to ne by iA ard it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. — witnessed: ’ » F.B.I., Springfield, Il1., Sp. Agt. FBI, Spfld., Tll., Sp. aAgt." wm penne ee ee EL eee ee ne ae ee ee wea ge en Te