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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET aL aw ' ~ vic p7TP INTERVIE " ° ITH "I went back to Mine B in November 1939 when it opened on an open shop basis. I went back as a PHA member. continus At this time, the UMW brought in a lot of strangers to work in Mine B. I do not know where they were from. Members of the UMT were given Freference in getting a job over a PMA min. I knew this vas truv, because Pua men went cut to the mins and could not pet work there and later U:tv members came wut to the mince work there immediately. I rec2ll thet a miner named Illinois, 2 Fis man went out to the mine whtn 2 November, 1939, and Falcetti told him that he could not work at. rai.ne 3 unti? such time 25 he left the Pilla and joined the UM. 'The Ulf orsanicusrs tulkid se the Fa smear Sy Bue ones they though: they could persuade, bota at the mins ant in vheir homes They told them thit the mine vould work better uncer the W". an? ele threatened them to mcke them sign up with the Ui. f | In the extay wrt of sanvory. 194. 1 was in the wash house at Mine } i Poowing UT c.paaivors enre in: froncretics, oe ot ol aleh at rm, Fe Yt Liki Oo Wi, adh ai t ti ese vic ni Pa : vere Gressing at this time, anc were & The organizers mentioned above took these men onc at a time and beat ‘thom up. JI saw the whole thing. There were more U7 men in the wash house at that time and no one attempted to help these men. "On this same morning, arma in niner ones a P4A member, wns also beaten up hy che tov crgc:.uizers in a halt way ¢ the entrance to the wish house. I did not see this berting. This beating wes due to the fact that this min would not sign up with the Uy, When I sow thit the PMA men were getting this kind of treatment I left and went to the office. as far as I knew, I m-ght have been next on the list of victims. I quit work that diy. I went back to get my tools, but I was afriid of being beaten so I left the tools in the mine and never went back after then. "Elshoff knew what wes goins on and did not do a thing about it. I knew Elshoff favored the UkW. I think Elshoff was being paid off by UMW, but I hive no evidence to establish it. I heard a rumor at the mine that irs, QAREMalgaPaer, the wife of one of the UMT organizers, had said. that she did not know where all the money was coming fron that SRE was brinring home » =~ 222 = ve 7 POR OTE NED AD TOUT Te UT PT ORR Em OY oe en terme oe