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RE: JOIN L, LEWIS, ET al ict aera Mes: employecs at Mince B to be organizers for the UN, and at the samc time werc holding PL membership cards; Charles con re Bohannon, Emory Jacaway, Tony Plotch, Frank austin, Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Andrew Sehrclevious, Joe nlbanese, James Hale, John Sirtout and John Ananias. "These above mentioned men were attempting to persuade the miners to join the UM. by contacting them in the mine em at their homes. In the last part of April or the first part of May, 1937, the following men were expelled for disloyalty from the Mi.. By this, I mean they were trying to swing the miners to the UM); Joc Albanese, Andrew Schre.evious, Pete Carter, Frank snustin, and Vominic Pasquale. I am not sure if I attended the PHA meeting on May 11, 1937 and do not recull having heard of the meeting. I do not know hor Elshoff or Falcetti fclt about cither union at this timc. I was not familiar with the details of the wage scale controversy in 1937, but I did expect same back pay which I have not received. "On May 12, 13937 I worked in Box fF South Section, and loaded my cars full. he men in that vart of the mine™wer. loadin, full cars. I did not know about the short cars until after quitting time that dzy. I nevcr knew wh; the cars wore loaded short. "I recall sivning the Py. petition of May 26, 1937 to show I was a Pty, member. I did not sivn any other petitions and I heard of no others. T did not go back to the mine when it attcm sted to reopen. I voted in the NLRB election on December 15, 1937. The FH. won by a large mjority and I felt the election indicated the true feclings of the men. I thought this was 2 fair clection. Since I was not working at the minc in 1941, I did not vote in the sccond NLRB election. "No one ever attemptcd to persuade me to join the UM’. I never heard any thre ts made to get miners to join the UN). I have no information indi- catin.: that blshoff want.d to sin up with the UM’. aT h ale OL ave ren ic and fully understand this statemen jt is truc end correct." and Oe oa a oe Sedtewes iS tf itnesseJjs Be annereiniesh I. = ———— ere ~ 132 -