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me ae ae ee ee C | © Res JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. bra 2 7/ 4 INTERVIEN WITE just stand in front of the meeting hall and watch who went in and out of the hall, Other times they onvanue would talk to men entering and leaving. Om one occasion, I believe it was cn July 31, 1940, I saw WR 5:22" in front. of our meeting “all with an open kmife.in his . that occasion tie City Police came and took the imife away from police were called on the complaint of was arrested but the trial postponed from time to time, rlially CHaAnino BOHANNON came to me and said he would pay the costs of this case if the matter could be dropped. He did pay the costs and the matter was dropped. ‘On another octasion it wa- ree.ssary for me'to drive PMA members home from the meetings, and C.iaRLFS BOHANNG, in his car, fol- lowed me. This was in the wintertime and the car windows were frosty so that I could not see the identities of the other men in BOHANNON 's car, Hovever I doincy that there were three other men in the car, He persisted in folloving me ant the police finally assisted me in tak- ing these miners home. Tiis c2c folloved m around the city hall square several tines uti who was in front of the meeting hall, saw what was happening, gave r¢ the Signal to continue on and then called the police, "Frequently on the morning after one of our Pila meetings the Uv organizers who had been in front of the meeting hall the night before would approach PM members and attempt to have them join the UN" union. When these men would not join numerous incidents would occur where dirt was thrown in the PM miners' cars or their check numbers would be taken off of their cars. J cannot recall at this time the names of the PM, men who lest check weight tags or had dirt throvm inside their cars. I do, hovever, recall] that on two days just shortly before the election in 1941 there were forty or more cases of check weight tags missing from Pla employees! cars. I do know that at this same time on two occasions my check numbers were removed fron my cars and I've never received any pay for the loss of those cars. ®T] wish to here state that some of the UM’ members who did appear in frort of our meeting hall included TONY PLOTCH, CHaRLsS 20:0, Cr ay a working place in Mine '3' very near to mine, On abdout august ¢, 49 came to me and complained that had been to his room and called him a son-of-a-bitch, if I to that since that was al] that had happened, he - cought to go back to work and forget about it. simost immediately fe retumed and told ne that had hit him in the muth. -27Tl=