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REt JOH L. LOIS, EP ab bY oD INTERVIE 1 i "The strike in 1937 started because the (Continued) temporary wage agreement was no yood and the U M 7 A men mentioned above started coin., around stirrins up the men. Before the strike ve were told to load coal short in the cars. I never -Jeaded any cars short but went home instead on the morning of the strike, "T never attended any meting the night before the stria=s nor any meetin: where the Ui’ . men vere suspended, | “The first I knes about the strike was when I got to th» mine in the morning and dcera the men er ucing about the Co, allowing the sus- pended men go down in the mins, wl then told to Joad coal short until the mana cement fired the mcn who ha suspendcd, I was home when the actual strike wag called ahout 2 p mon May 12, 19,7, and didn't find out about it until the uincrs came home, en Pa yo Je T+ is "TJ remember si,nin. c petition shortly after the strike showing that I favored the ¢rozressiv_s. This wes 2 free and voluntary signing. "“Tvas a memubor of ti. S.-i dom atrikers for almost of two months. had any trouble durin. this timc. while we were there 13 men ve never n din: the ones I heave nemcd above tried to rcopen the minc under a inciud Uloyoan Contract and tricd to get the -royressives to join up. The second dey they were afraid to come back. Wyhen the Court seid wc hac to quit staying at the sine ali of the Pro-ressives went home. ", couple of wucks Later the I L 2 B held an clection which was frir end square. Tf voted at th:t election and the Frorrossivcs won 404 to 25. "The UN WT w. attempted to reopin the mine in early January of 1338 but thay were not suceessful. : "T went berk to Mine 5 in November of 1339 under the a.reement. JI was still payin: ducs to the F Mu... I remained with the Provressives until I besan to see the miners besten us by the U MT a mon and I joined U Ui 4 to xccp from getting beat up. andrew Schr=levious and 2 man erllec | came to mr house and asked me to join U7’ WV. and I did to keep my” Job and to keep from gctting beat up. I would rother ruueined with the Fro-ressives and if T had a “Proc choice today I would choose th. Frozressives. 7 like to vote for my officers, =~ 368 -