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~ Oe dae a a ee ee ae ee Lb 2 Re: JOHN L, LEWIS, ET AL be ID ~ was i eopen in the fall of 1937, I recall fae me that tho mine was going to open, an at he went out to work. ‘hen he arrived there, he told mc he loarned they were picketing. after thet I jrined the pheket line to keep U. MJ. men out of the mine. I only saw Mine F men in the picket line. "Inu December 1937 I voted in the clection at the State Armory. No one tsld me how to vote. I voted for P.*.A, in this election because I liked this union and wanted ts keep it at “ine B. "Bill Sirtout has tried to get me to join U.M.. He taiked with me, but did not use any rough tactics. J told him that I'd make up my mind later on this matter. 1 don't recall exactly when Sirtout talked to me, but it was after I went back to work in 1939. .fter going buck to -ork, Cotton Ananias asked me to join U.M.. He did not get rough with me. Some tine .fter I started back to work in Mine EB, Tony Plotch ond Cotton came to ry house, at that time I signed up CWwith UL, To said that if most of tie men vianted T.MW., I was willing to tolked to me in “inc B after I started back te work, ia did not got rough, but he tolc me that if IT waited too long before I jeincd UNV, I would lose my job, and some one might ect hurt. J think he meant that I would get hurt. I hoard that some men wera beat up, but I never saw any of this. ty "hon the mine rcopencd in 1939, Oscar Falcetti came to my house and told me when to come back to work, I had been working on 7.P.A. I don't roemembcr the clection in February 1941. “] joined UsMa0, bo kecp my job. JI was entirely satisfied with Fev wie, but it didn't make much difference to me which union I was in at Mine B,. : "This statement consisting of this and two other handwritten rages has been read to me, and I state thit it is true to the best of my knowledge and recollection. Fc ane aaa itness: /s/ aE a /~/ Spocial Agents, F.B.I. Springfield, Ii1." - 355 =