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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL IMTEQVIE WITH to U.1.". They must have been “Speci al* ings bo casa essscaimes & I think the meetinge wero called by ein eontinucc \ ecaena! I think I missed 2 or 3 of thoea “Specia TMestinge & beliove I attended 2 or $ of than. I don't recall of any reagons given why #1 should go over to Uellslts Arouné that timc the peapors said that Elshoff wae going to or cid buy Tine A. I don't recell any cormittoes boang appointed to go & Bee Elshoff & it is poesible that heprened at the meetings I did not @ Lonw dt LUgiG se ever attended any meetincs & edman’e £ cid attend the ones at the Prog- ressives & at Blk's Club. At tho FeEev. meetings no representatives of U.%''s were present. At tho severel 7,1.\). meetinge the disoussion was whether Vine A ras to revpon as PF... or as U.i.h. As time went on the fecling of the P.!.W. wae that thoy should go over to U.tit. At the reetings there woro no fights or speechos & I think thet decisions were made at tho Rednan Hall mectings which I did not attend. Fo one ever told me that Blshoff would not open Mine A except under Ue, but I myself felt thet Elshoff would open ifine A as Uslslie because his Tine B was Usll'!s “I attended tho reeting et the Elk's Club on a Sunday & it wee a meeting for both #51 & Ue). I went just ae a menber of 751, & not as an official anc TI don't ree.l who got that meeting to- gether. The only question taken up was Vv hether the P.t.t looal 51 would turn over to UM. I don't recall of any carittee making a renort at this mecting. Before the vote no speeches Were made and it wes a rising vote that was taken & it was unanimous & it was decided to go back to Usl'eivs was on the platform and took a pert in thie meeting. recall of heering any stateront at the Elk's Club meeting that it the men in Mine A went over to Usle:. that Edmundeon would see to it thet tho tro mines would bo opcrated as separcte nines & I don't recell eny iseug at any tine about joing Dine A&B ae onc. As far as I know the issue was just whethor or not wo Fell. should go over to Usi,l. & I never attended sare of the previous neetinge so I don't know if any roasons were given thon or not as to why they wanted to chango ovr. After the vote was taken at Elk's Club lr. Edmundson cere in and telked about the immediate opening of the ‘line A. There was mror around thet Elshoff might not open Fino A ogain & there were other rumors around too & no one seemed to know just whet it wae all about. Hoveaver, tine A aiways did re-open in previous yecre in the fall. After tho mocting et Elk'’se Club was over about six to ten of us went over to Hr. Edmundson'e office in the eles While in his office Edmundson phoned ir. Elshoff & a short tine later Elshoff & Falcetti cane into the office. Some present were the Fev." president; Faloetti or Elshoff Were naked if line A was abies to re-open & they said it could . - 609 « ae RAL EN a ORT IT a CMe avs “EPR MORS NTS Se kee “re Bape er rem es