◆ SpookStack

Fd RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET aL. yo. ) ma / ce 27/7) “nes VIEW “ITH "I do not remember whether or not I attended a | dine Pula meeting on May 11, 1937, the night before the : 6 A, ace) Coontinued) strikes. But I do. not think I went. On Hay 12, 1937 I went to work os usual os a campany man down in the mines “te did not work all day beofuse some time during the day our Pda officiols pulled us out of the mine and seid we were on strike. I did not know why we went out, end I'm still not sure why we went out. I don't know why those men were expelled fram the union and I never heerd of any wage scale trouble at that time. "On May 12, 1937, I noticed a lot of the cars were loaded short, but I do not know why and I never hoard anyone tell the men to loud them shorte do not remember ever being notified to came back to work until ? "surins about Septe of 1937 I romumber the PMA had c sit down picket lino ut Mine "B" but I wes not there when it sturteds I dam't know how long the picket line lusted, but I was out there only about ten duys in alle Wo one made me came out snd I went out volumttrilye I was not there when the pioket linc wes tuken off und I do not know why it went off. ut in May 1937 I bolieve T phmee i ey, be L ade SS . ae ate ae Pila petitione sure I never signed u Ufl petitions "During the time of the strike thera. "I remomber voting in a National L.bor Kelutions Bourd Election in Deae cf 1937 when Pl. wone I wos not foroed or thret-tened in eny wey and I think it wus © fair cloctione "Tn Nove of 1939 I got a letter which I thought cane fran the gov'te, telling me to come back to work and I went buck to work in Mine "2" og o company man und heve been there ever sincoe I wes ¢ nenber of . Pila when I went back, ultho I nover oaid dues the whole tine Mine "pt was shut downe ~ 80 = we a II EWE TORE ETS TORE CNR OR gage a oe ee arr ew eager eT ae