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f 3 ( 0 INTERVIE ITH trouble ut oile I heard that inter Mine B wes to be re-opened but I didn't go oute I heard thet continued } _ ELSHUFF would heve nothing to do with Progressives even tho they won the election. In fail of 1939 I think I got a letter telling me to go out to work. I went out after me -- to my house & skid I hud to go out in 3 deys & I wen on second day & I wes told my pli.ce had onved in & thet they would let me kmow in u week or so & soma one later told me to go out & I dide I puid to P.Mane $33.00 in dues efter I returned to work. after I worked u while TOWY QsUMG.RTZN usked me in the wash roon et Mine B when I wos going to sign over to U.M.l. & I did os I figured I hed bet- ter sign before some one punched mee Ho just told me it wus better to joine This wis about Jan. or Febs 16th, 1941 whon I signed up. «at Mine B, BILL SIRTOUT, who is now in the army, tsked me almost every dey when I was going to join U.M.We but he never threatened mes This wis nefore TONY saw me. No ono hurt me or did damage to my colle ELSHOFF & FALCETTI never asked nce to join U.N... I didn't sign cny card for U.u.7. in summer of 1940 but I suw SAafY go around in jfine B with some kind of cards but I never signeds I belonged to Plu. sc didn't heve to sign ory cards with theme I voted at second N.L-E.B. election Gt armorye Beforc we hud to go to big meeting at Redman's Holl & Edmundson & , wig there & we hid to go & vote in groups of tene id not pey any &ttention to their specohes & IT still voted for P.Mane It wos a good slectione U.H.'/. had men ell around the election booth. Ualfsis brot G11 kinds of now men to Hino Band they ounce fran ull pleoes & tht is how U-H.Au, won ts they got more nen in at Mine Be Wo one forced me to vote ut second NaL.kaB. elections ‘then I returned to ifine 2 they hud bad aire ee in good condition but Box fever were opened, I never hedtTd of a fire at line B while it wus closed. «fter I joined U.M.I! they fined me 50 cents for not going to 4 meeting & I compleined to BOAMNNUN about it because I wus too old to goe I don't think I ettended a meeting where SF to lxcd * “I huve hod agent A recs this seven (7) pege stttonent to me und it is scrrect to the best of my recollection & I hive signed it of my own free will. Space agte FeBel. (Hilwe) Speciul agents St. Peul, Minne” * itnessese Svringfield, Ill. Sevte 6, 1943."