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ee a ee Ae en cl eo neni nate, ate mertelilte inna, * . C.., QO Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL be 67D ITH and that nicht WHR seat BEAT Him up. ‘ "It wis possip around the Mine B that if we PMA men did fist sien up by a certain day that it would cost us more money on the last day. I signed up because I felt that if I did pon L Ep Pa ne sas 3 MY that I m ight get beat up and I would lose my job. (continued and I signed r not pet ove Gq "T have shown to Acents os a registered letter No. 18668 postmarked at Sprin-field, Tll., Jan. 29, 1941 which is addresses me to 18 a: it is from Chas. Bohannon, P.O. Box 1095) Springfield, Til. This letter 1s dated Jan, 29, 1941 and I have given the envelope and letter t: "The above letter told me that I should get svorn in but I did not en dovn to get sworn in because I still did not want to become connected with UM. Hovever, after I got the above letter I went ¢own and rot sworn in but then and even now I still am a PMA man in my own heart. "2 voted at the next NLRB election at the Armory in Sprinsfield, Til. but I don't think this wis on honest election. ‘hen I got to the Armory this "Cotter™ was in there and he w.s partly drunk and carried a big pistol ana he grahbed me by the arm and wilked up with me and szid he weonted to see how I voted so he stood alone side me and watched me how I voted so I had to vote for Ul. altho I still winted to vote for PMA. I did not vote the way I wanted too and I fisure I wis forced to vote UM’ because of the above facts. I did not see the povernment man aroud,. This "Cotter" is still at Mine B and he is Check No. 18, when I went back to Mine 8 it w s in bad shape and had bad air. The south side never wis reopened. I think it cost them about 315,000 or “20,000 to fix it up. I never heird a thing about a fire at Mine B when it wns closed tr in 1939. "IT heard that Glascow had some trouble and that Edmundson kicked him vut ond that Glascow wis on the right side. : "I never heard anything at the time Mine B was closed as to how Elshoff wis able t> ke-p the mine cs>ing when it wis closed, Ni can't read the Enclish languave very well and I have had Agent reic this 3 pire typewritten statement to me and it is true and correct and I have sien it of my ow free will. “TITNESSES : em