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John L Lewis — Part 16
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Re: JOH! L. LEVIS, ET al. Z
{TORVIE.. WITH ®"I do not remenber knowing auything about wage scale
trouble at that time. I went to very few Pui. meetings
on tinue and because I am hard of hearing, I listened to very
Little that went on.
"From that time on IJ do not remember ever being askec to come
back to vork at Iine '3? until I got a letter ir Nov. of 1939. I remember
eoing back in Sept. 1937, when Pls had a picket line at Mine "lt for
almost tyo montas vas in the line about nalf of the time, only,
"IT do not remember ever signing any petitions at ali for either
the Fi or the Wf,
"T remember voting in an ¢2eccion in about Dec. of 1937 when
the Pll, won, and no oc threatcned ur forced me in any way - and I
believe it was a fai: . ‘ection. T also remeber voting in an election
about a year or sv -foor the ,ine 3!) cpeac’ in 1939 at which time Uy
von, Fo one foreed tr threaies.€ me in acy vay in that election, and
I think it was a fair clecticon. :
"In about a: vanted my youngest boy, a:
work in ane 'B' and Oscar Felcetti said he would give him one
had to belong tu a wunion before he could get the job and the Pla
ure not let hin in, so he joined Ud. auc got in the mine. Just about
that time I noticed most of the men were changing te vidi so I changed
to Uli. too because J was afraid I would be out of a job if I didn't.
But no one foreed or threatened me in any war to join UM.) and 7 never
sav anyone try to organize for Us at .4inc '3', J don't remember hear-
ing of or secing anyoue get beat uo during that tine.
When I wert back to work in 1939 I do not rcmember havirg
seen the results of any big fires and 4 do not know whether or not there
had been any. I was told thcre had been some cave ins and I lest my
tools in one of them, but 4 never did see any of them
"This statement, of four pages has been read to me by Agent
ae and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
‘/
pecial agent, Fal.
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