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    <abstract id="aspace_d435b75d9c406d68caa92e8e70af6f99">The collection consists of the "Proposed Rules of MFD Caucus", from District 3l, UMWA, and the transcribed testimony of Charles M. Culp, a West Virginia miner, given in Washington, D.C., on 18 February 1972 in an investigation of his retention by District 31 as campaign worker for the Boyle-Titler-Owens international slate in 1969. Culp's handwritten statement and other evidence are included with the testimony.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Miners for Democracy Papers, A&amp;M 2477, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="ingest">Union names.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - Labor organization.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027354" source="lcsh">Coal miners</subject>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91002232" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Miners for Democracy</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">United Mine Workers of America. District 31</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50062445" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">United Mine Workers of America</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Boyle-Titler-Owens</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">United Mine Workers of America. District 31</corpname>
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    <persname source="ingest">Culp, Charles M.</persname>
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