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Re: JOM L, LEIS, ET LL. ". yreugiber signing a petition after the strike showing that I favored PhL.. , NI pieketed gut at v.ine B for about a month, two or three days at atime, but I wasn't out there when it started, and I wasn't there when the nen vere ordered off by the injunction. tRipht after the injunction some of the Uri. nen mentioned above went out to the mine and trou-ht up allthe coal that was down close to the pardon, 1 don't know how long they were there as I didn't go out to the Mine "TJ remanber voting in the first N.L. R.B. election which the Pro- eressives won by a big majority. "Between 1937 and 1939 4 was on relief and later Pl. I was on WPL vhen I got a letter to come back to work at Fine 8B. \ ‘*hen I returned to ifinc B in 1939 I was still Progressive and paix dues to that union, I stayed Pi. untill about the last one, TI never sav | anyone veaten up at the mine and no one ever bothered me but shortly bef ore I joined Uf. the man I rode with was beaten up and 'Cudge' Baungarner told me that I had better join up with Uns. I joined because I had to or be out of luck. By tools verenft stolen and I only had a few docks, "Just a day or two after I had signed UIT. I q because the top of - room wes working and when I came back the next morning said that he was foinz to pive m a tvo day layoff. IT to im tha @ rave me two I take two. He said that i was fired vwtent in the wash-house to change and I got mad and went back and asked whats the idea are you goinn nuts. said that I had been laying off to “much. ead then «sked the Tlerk how many days I'd lost and if I'd signed up. The eler seid only 1 day and that Id joined up. hen told me to put my clothes on and go on dow fo work. \ "T renembsr voting in the second WLRB clection. The UMM. won this clection. Twas surprised when Uf, won because I thought the men would stil] votc PUA anyiay. "T am still out at tine B digging coal in pox \ "Tf I could have a free and voluntary choice of unions I would choose Pith,