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He: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL be YIP INT T where we were supposed to get gome back pay. There was a lot of talk about this at the time, So far erence —— as I know the miners did not feel the U.M.W, would be able to get any better contract than the F.M.A. "I dont remember any dispute over wages prior to the strike. I felt the Union officials would see I got what was coming. "I heard of a meeting being held the day before the strike. I did not attend it however, and didn't hear of it till May 12, What I heard was talk up on top. When I went to work May 12, 1937 I had no idea there would be & Strike. what I hcard was that the men were going on strike because the Company would not fine some exrelled miners. I felt these men should have been fircd, but can't spoak for the others. I heard the names of some, I recomize as being one of them the name of Frank Austin. I dont remember any thing about any cars being loaded short this day. ~~ "J dont recall now signing any petitions the summer aftcr the ming closed. If I had signed any they would have been PMA. "IT signed no petition for U.M.8. and didn't know they had one. "I heard nothing about the U.M.U, forming a local the summer of 1937. "T remember nothing unusual happening curing the summer of 1957, gust prior to the starting of the picketing at Mine "B" I was workin: megeenc paid little attention to what happened at the mine. ‘aid fot 20 Out to work when the picket line started and know nothing about the time the Marshall ordcred the men out. I did go out on 2 or 3 occasions to help with the picketing this was after my een Fverything there was peaccful so 1 remember and the ere to Protect thier jobs. were jus me Tt "I dont recall going back to the minc after this until the mine reopened for good, "I voted at the first NLRB clection. The vote was by secrect ballot & as far as I know it was an honest and good clection. T voted P.M.A., which was the way IJ wanted it and no one forced me to do this. mol "I heard nothing about Falsetti or any of the men from Mine B * going to work at the Jefferson Mine. - + Fe ee a amg eat pe A teak mR emer mea og ce gS ome ee mmm me ee