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- pity WO 44~20 The election was held in the Armory. Shortly before the pills opened a representative of the United Mine Workers came {n and handed Byrtha a istter or notice, indicating that the United would not have chservers present at the polis. The actual balloting was quite uneventful. J wat at the checkers table with the cbeervers and checked the eligibility of woters, Bertha made a short talk to each group of voters, impressing . upon them the secrecy of the balict, handed a ballot to each voter after his eligibility had been checked and kept the balict box under his personal observation. About the only thing out of the ordinary that I recel] was an incident involving the bringing in of s crippled man, who was unable to welk, by a couple of other miners, In some way or another he was propped up in a booth and actually permitted to vote, I do not recall the details of just how the secrecy of his balict was preserved. Also om one or two occasions during the balloting, representatives of the Progressives caus to Bertha with small dodgers that were being passed out outside the Armcry. Altho (035) these dodgers bore the printed signatures of the Progressive Miners, The Progressive Union representative handing them to Berths insisted that the Progressive had not printed then and were not distributing then, charging that this was being done by the United Mine Workers. ®Q. Do you know whether or not any investigation was made by the Natioal Labor Relations Board of the allegation of frand in the election and what, if any, was the conclusion of the investigation? "a. Yes, an investigation was made. After the conclusion of the balloting the United Mine Workers filed with the Rggimal Director at Chicago, Objections to the conduct of the ballot. These Objections were investi- gated by Mr. Bertha. I believe that Regional Director Bajork comiucted a part of the investigation personally. A Regional Director's Report on Objections was prepared by Bajork and served upon the parties. This report summarised the results of the investigation and together with the objections became a part of the formal record in the National Labor Relatione Board case known aa Jn the Matter of Mine B goes. Company and Progressive Miners of america, Local Noe 54, Case Noe $~361, reported at &R. Le. R. B. 316. Phereafter, on January 3, 1936, the Mational Labor Relations Board, after considering the objections and the investigation reported by Bajork, issued ite Certification ef Representatives in this case specifically found that nothing in the conduct of the alection prejudiced the Ubited and that the results of the balicting fairly represented the desires of the exployees. I do not at this time recall the specific allegations mde by the United in its objections except that I do remember one of them IXX (0SS) referred to the fact that the saloons in Springfield remained open throughout the period of balloting. It was claimed that a State law existed prohibiting the sale of intoxicants on election days and that, therefore, the saloons should have been closed while the Board's @lection was being conducted. The original copies of the Objections and of the —— r