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leaf bee ea ed a te cea a te ee NR ee ue oe, INTERVIE) \WITH joined was because they were mad et Snyder and his a geng for calling us scebs. G “ve left this meeting and the officers including myeeif want to the U.M.W. building and we were sworn in as officers of U2. Femundson swore us in, and then he ealled Elshoff on the phones Edmundson wanted to find out whet Elshoff was going to do with line A. I did not hear the telephone conwersation but after while Elehoff and Felcetti eame to the office. I do not remember which one coma first. Edmundson told Elshoff that the “boys had come back into the union™ and wanted to knoy whet he was going to do with Mine Ap “There was soma other conversetion, but I don't remember what it wes, and then we made an aprointment tc meet et Elshoff's office letor thot night. ‘“e mst there lator they night and after midnight Elshoff signed a contrest. Tn about a weck or tvio Hine A opened ‘Rp I went beck to work digging coal. *:fter the minc_opcnod up I helped somo friends of mine get @ job at Iline A. “hose last name I do not remember wos another, I think was another, and another fellow whose nemo I don't remember. I helped all of these follovs get jobs at Mine A. These fellows werc a1] miners. The first mon I helped by going right to Felcetti put the othere I helped by going to the Fresident of our ‘occ. I don't remember ever going to o get jobs for anybedy. "I had to quit mining beceuse my back wae bed and I couldn’t hardly lift a shovel full of coal. So I sterted up o business of ny owne ind brought on the members to join U.I.%.. No pressure of any kind was brought on Elshoff to sign the contract with us, Iwas there when the controct wae signed. rood tore by --,. 4 f ny memory. s/s “There was no pressure of eny k “The above statenent and it is true ond correct to t 2 [si] oO mo ® o of oO a ets Vitneesods = nponte, FeBele, UeS. Dapt. of Justice.* - 573 = | rr