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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, BT AL INTERVIEY WITH September 24, 1943, Bpesial Azent eh cane GEORGE BOT", am Specie} igo: intervi REGIONAL BD. -ECTOR, , negional Director, 1 gion, Ma¢iaga] heber 13th REGIC!, RLRB Reletions Board, 176 North Adams Street, Guicage, Di1- fnois. This investigation was prompted by Saformation aet out in report of Bpecial Agent, San Francisco, Calif- ornie, dated September 10, , Wosrein it ik indicated that the 15th Region, NLRB, may have an additional file in connection with instant matters further, that the Bureau and the Department my not have bad the benefit of the infor- eT ee ad mation contained in that file. - A search of the records of HLRE reflected an additional informal file under case file No. XIII-C-1665, entitied “Oarl BH. Bishoff and Progressive Mine Workers of Americe, District No. 1". Mr. BOTT adviaed tht q charge was filed in this case on September 23, 1941 by WILLIAM KECK, President of Die- trict 1, PMN, alleging violation of Section 8, subsections {1) ani (5); that preliminary inquiries were made by the Field Examiner of NLRB, and thet the Case wis withdrawn on December 22, 1941. | In accordance arrangements made through the Bureau and the De-~ partment, Bpecial Agent reviewed the above file on September 15, 1943. All pertinent information wes photostated. FPhotostatic copies were furnished the Bureau for the Bureau and the Department by Springfield letter deted September 16, 1943, “ to For the information of this file and in brief, the following pertin- ent information appeared in the above referred to MLEB file: o* ~ By Letter of September 22, 1941, WILLIAM KECK, President of District No. 1, PMA, transmitted a charge egainst CARL BH. ELSHOFF, alleging he engaged in unfair labor practices in that on or about September 15, 1941, he refused to bargein collectively with the authorizad representatives of PMA previously | chosen by the majority of the production and maintenance employees at Mine “A" to represent them for the purpose of collective bargaining. , By memorandm for the file avbmitted by Field Examiner MARTIN WAGNER dated October ¢, 1941, it appears that RAY RDMUNDSOW discussed on October 4, instant matter. EDMUNDSON stated to AAGNER that ELSHOFF head purchased Mine “A”; that the mine had not been operated sinoe Maroh 31, 1941 when the contraet be- tween the mine and former company had expired; that it was customary not to operate the mine during the sumer ponths; thet when it wes announsed in the newspapers that ELSHOFF had purchased Mine "4" representatives of the Locel union Piet had ¢ome to EDMUNDSON and stated that they wanted to join UMW, "D- MUNDSON told tham to hold a meeting of the whole looal and to take the neo- eseary action to dissolve the local, and then they could join the UMW; thet ~ 684 ~ - BOM DRI Do ngage Tne lee ome, sages, Cede Las ae oi