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RE: JOHN L, LESIS, ET AL b Ie 27D . continued "I do not know what caused the strike at Mine B in 1937. I wes not interested in the affcirs of the union or the company, and I did not want to get in any trouble. I do not remember what happened then. I know I wes not at the mine on the day that they started the picket line. I am not ; sure. I did not go out to the mine when it was being picketed, or sit on the Zo! picket line. I did not see any of the men who were cut there then. me "I voted at the election of the unions held in the Armory in 1937. aan Theat wos a fair election. No one told me how to vote, or tried to influence my vote in any way. I veted exactly as I wanted to. I think every one else had a chance to vote es they wan. ? to also. "IT do not remember ex I went to work at : actly when it was, but while Mine B was closed, if - : ae, I wes a member of the UMW becsuse I had always been. I was not interested in what went on out there in orgenizing ‘the unions, end do not know what happened. JI did not see any Pighting, or hear about it. "I did not know of sny organizing that was going on out there at the mine. I do not kmow of anything thet FaLCETTI or ELSHCFF did te favor one union over encther. I do not know of any viclence, or anything wrong done by either union in the trouble thet occurred at mine B. "The above stetezent has been read to me b+ This statement was on this and two other typewritten pages. he has recd to me is true «and accurate. verything tr "(Refused to sign teenuse cunnot read, but declared that it was 411 true.)" pecs] Agent FBI FBI" Zz. - 308 -