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ee C : wee Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL STERVIEW WITH the same way, according to Jim Hale. Mr. Hale eescerrrry me also claimed that TT joined UMNA. (continue | "I knew Andre Schrelevious, Dominic Pasquale, Pete 4 rv Si wt ant ai in pe Carter, Frank Austin, Tony Plotch, John (Cotton) Ananias, John ; George Jacaway, & Charles Bohannon but I never knew that any of them i were UMIA spies or know that any of them were suspended until I joined Ua « "So fer as I know the strike in May of 1937 was caused by an argument about back pay. J was working the day of the strike, but I don't remenber how it started. I do remember seeing Coal Cars being loaded short that day but I didn't load any short myself. After the strike both PMA and UMA came around with petitions, but I don't remember signing either one, because I had decided to quit. However, during the summer of 1937 the UMA started a new local. I believe itwas #7469. I was asked to come over to John Ananias house to pay my dues. The only other person I ever sav over there was Tony Plotch. I remember paying dues there a couple of times. ‘During the time the PNA was picketing the Mine B I went out the. - only one night. None of the PMA men knew that 1 was paying dues to UMA "I recall that in Dec. 1937 "Cotton Ananias told me to come out V4 to Mine B as it was going to open UMva. I went out to the mine but there \ was only about a dozen men there--mostly the men whose names have been ‘ set out above. I remember that there were some PMA men on the road in cars watching who went to work. We only worked one day and quit because we didn have enough men. I was scared because I saw that the UMVA didn't have a majority like James Hale had told me when he got me to sign up with UMA. NI remember voting in the lst NIRB election, but J don't remenber how I voted. I believe the Progressives won. “After the strike I went back to work at Mine B in 1939. TI gota letter from Mr. Elshoff saving that the mine was going to cven. I had been on WPa for 14 r.ouths when the mine opened. When 1 retucnc’ to work Iwas , paying dues to UMJA. No one bothered me or tried to ge. ie to join UMMA . as I was already a menber. I never tried to get anycne to join peas | never saw anyone beat up, but one morning I saw an old man named lying on the floor in the w.sh house and IT heard the men talking, an rd that John Sirtout beat him up. I also heard about a man being beat up dorm in the mines. I think the reasons for these beatin:: vos because the UNA was trying to squeeze out the PHA. “I recall voting in the Second NLRB election which UMYA won. Iw for UMWA this time, - 420 «= ie Tercs. wy ome 7