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wee sone ee be in SIA INTERVIE WITH bere oecmra (phonetic) und several others were x bes organizers &nd went sround and talked fe the men to join over to UMle Gne morning in Jane 1942 Wg come to me and asked mo whether I was going to sign up with UMW and he seid that I would heave eo either join with UM or I wouldn't have any jobe I alao saw BF of Nhl., and asked him whet he wus going to do and that we wunted a job that we would heva to join upe gave me the application form and I filled it out for hime I had also heard that if I didn't join up by 4 certain time that it would cost me $25400+ RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET aL. "I joined the UMY actually becouse I wanted to keep my job and/ stve my hanee I felt too that if I didn't I would be hurt physically. ‘Ye keep our clothes in baskets in the wosh-house, the mun next to me wes UMil and one day I came to the wash house and the clothes of the man next to me were cut all tc shreds, I dont remember his naume but he told me ot the time thet they got tho wrong man und hid intended to get mée 1 believe this wos beoccuse I hedn't joined the UM/ this wes about 2 week before I finelly decided thut I hid better join the UM, I re= perted this incident to the Sheriff and he told me thet if snybody bothered me to let him kmow und if necess:ry he would throw the whole VIG GH Od ia ee CUO aoe. mid bunch of them in juil. «after I joined the Mit I wouldn't have ony thing to do with them this mde them md tnd ono dcy CUDGE BUMGARTENER came to me and told me thut I hod better change my w.y or hetd kick all heli out of mee J heard men hollering Ground the wish house «nd . vA heard scuffling end fighting #11 around the plicoe, but I never saw Q any of these es hts eotucllye I did know of one fight when o UMW mn vv tock ™ wo h feild tnd guve him « beétinge after I njoined a gCve | me o note which I ~ am t *, Eee ie. Es . ; ocording + : Uf had furied this Cfior duwn' ts most of those men ine ludin myself wore already members of the UlfVe LTheard of u fellow numod ho was bent with | pickhandle in his roome This man had been runn & our and the Cos discharged him fran this and guve him o roan I believe ue: ar en this was done so he sould be betten &s he wos a strong progressives after I signed up with the UM? I got a registered letter from then telling me to cane down und be iniaticted or I would hive no jobe I hud not gone down as I did not oure for the UMii even though I had «= TA = —-— (> = SR re OT WR ge A Se em mm etme