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John L Lewis — Part 21
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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL
wling Green and Cudge Bumgerner and others
to keep on trying to organize for UMW at Mine "B".
IVTERVIES WITE
(continued)
"I would see r go into the office
of the commany every morning and talk Ww either Oscar Falcetti or Carl
Tlshoff. I assumed they were talking about Uuh organiring progress et
Mine "E".
I » the following men for U!T while I was working \
at tine "EB" , whose real name I do not know
a «Ol namc I cannot spell, ana many more whose names I cannot remember.
T tried to organize both at the “Nine "5" and by talking with the men at
BRB to join tar but leter
NT +6
we
their homes. I was not able to get
got him to join UMy.
™hile the organizing was going on I know many men were beat up. One
morning a bunch of men were beat up in the wash house. One of the men beat
Eee,
was one of the men who baat
have been there but I am not sure. These men vould ask if he was
going to join and when he would not answer they would hi There were
many miners sround 4 I could not see too well.
™mile the tine "B" was operating, I_saw the follow men organize
for MU. at ifinc "B": Bowling Green Bohannon,
WEE, Doninic Pasquale, Joc Albanese, Tony Chapolus, an
and Cudge Bumgarner.
up es | =, _
up but I cannot rcmember who else did the beating. “=i ll Green might
"I wes never paid to organize for UL. I did it to get my job
at Mine "B"., I never hit a man out there while organizing. I worked for
about ninc months at “ine "EB" and thon I got hurt. I filed suit against
the company and then they geve mc a job I couldn't do. Thay wanted me to
go back as digger, so I quit. I have never gone back into the mincs since
that time.
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"hile I was working at ‘ine "B" I noticed that the men who wer
organizing for UM! and those who would sign for ULM] would get good rooms
Those who vero strong PUA would get bad rooms. While I was organizing I
hed & good room.
"I have read this statement of four pages and it is true and —
correct to the best of my knowledge.
FY
“TITYESS es
ae /S/ Special Agent, F.B.1.
pos. $/ Special Agent ~ F.B.I."
wots oo. a re I Ts ee
Lok . : STEN PE
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