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59D INTERVIEW WITH and social security cards. He would then give them check numbers and jobs, At one time I kmew the names ontainué of many of these individuals and made records of these names, which I turned over to the officers of the district. However I do not have the records at this time and cannot recall the names of such em ployees. During this same period of time I know of one Progressive who had a card who was signed up at this time, This was We also Sisned up one young boy who did not_have a card, but whose father was a Propressive, This was the son of "Uery of the Progressives “hos? names I cannot at this time recall made applications for jobs in the office of Mine 'B! during this time but were turned dowm, at one time there was a group of rrogressive miners from Taylorville who came up every moming ard applied for jobs but were always turned down. "About June 28, 194 Ay 2° employed at Mine 'B' as n air man At +hie tine tre fel so emcioved another air man, Pre- an Girl man, Av tNis Game jt:e iSO Mei Oyec anouner of the air man. d not take over the regular duties of an vious to this time thre ts' had only employed one air uo. ay air man at the ‘a e:sployed, continued to do the wor Wer air man but instea rough the mine from room to room and place to place, Air men usually do not go from room to room. as without doubt doing organizational work, although he never did ap=- proach me. { mt sane . beste 1 fon July 1, 1940, just as I was coming out of the wash house | on the mine proper a UMI organizer, came up and struck > me in the mouth with ist. 45 a result of this blow it was neces- sary for a company doctor to take a stitch in my upper lip. After this blow I wish to state that Wind I went across the tracks and off of company property, where I gave him 8 beating. did not come back to the mine for some time and never did actually work there. I had reported this incident to FALCETTI. I do not know nig at that time did not return to work. I do know, however, at @ later date did return to the mine property and was invoived in physical violence against PM. men just prior to the election in February 1941. *Upon more than one occasion when our union was having meet- Wide d i ings on the second and fourth Fridays of every month at our meting hall on Sixth and washington Streets, men whom I recognized to be members of UM; woule coneregate in front of ovr hall, Sometimes these UMW men would r