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Re: JOHN L. IBvIS, ET AL b> a £2» RVIE: “ITH "On or about January 1, 1938, EDMUNDSON advised me it had been decided to make another attempt to operate the mine continue on January 4, 1938, THe instructed me to go out to the mine that morning and see what happened. I went to the mine that morning and only the usual group of about 12 men eared for work, lowencr in addition to this erour there were also presont vpn 3 business suits. Mine #59, but it was vpencrally understood in “Sprineficlé - “that the the UM -payroll, at lcast part of the tire, as field workers. cia : did most of the talking with FIA OFF and FALCETTI that morning, oh OS alked in an officious manner and it was perfectly evident tha cy were present as official.rcoresentatives of the UMW rather than as candidatcs for employmcnt at mine work. To my knowledge, both ELSHOFF and FALCETTI had previously been aequainted with a and "I simply reportod to EDMIT SON that only about a dozen men appeared for work the morning of January 4+h and he gave me no further instructions concerning Mine "B" at that time, Ho did not disclose to me what his plans were conccrning this situation. "I had nothing further to do with the Mine "B™ metter, This mine opened up in the Fall of 1939 on an open shop basis but EDMUNDSOW specifically instructed mc to stay out of the matter, inasmuch 4s it would be handled by ‘the office’. By this he meant that it would be handled by himself, and ae UO 1: mt PLatrict 1 ir, had advancca f a large gum of “money. I do not recall definitely the figure he stated but it is my impression that the amount he stztcd was $400,000.00. Be said ELSHOFF had been paid 33,000.00 per month for keeping his mincs down for the Summer months and #5 000.06 during the inter months. He also told me that ‘bscause of the moncy paid to FLSHOFF, the International had authorized District 12 to retain in its own treasury both the regular International assessment and all special International assessmonts which otherwise would have been paid inte the International treasury.