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ee eee en a eee le nA a RE: JORN L. LEWIS, ET AL. npearine, Tllinois, was interviewed at his home (ee hgente wos cooperative but B not fe t he woul @ & £O as witnees because of his lack of knowledge of pertinent facta on the Mine A —— SS * TUrniened tne cllowing signed statement: “Springfield, I1l. September 15, 1943. ay po wae ee a Spr field, Ili. voluntarily make ollowing statemen fe) Aa who have made themselves known to me as oon = the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "I was in and emigrated to U.&. I was neturalizod in Springfield,T1l1. in I started work- ing in the mines around Danville, Ill. in joining UMWA at that tins. I have never held any office in any union ten presently employed at Mine & as extra shot firer. I started out at Mine 4 a) I joined Pil& fn 1932 and changed back to UfiA when Mr. Elshoff bought Mine A in 1941. I don't see any difference in either union, both of them have been the same to me. "I learned about the sale of Mine 4 by Mr. Ryan to Mr. Blshoff from the newspaper. JI was surprised end thought I would lose my job or at least have trouble about chenging unions. I heard that if we didn't go back to TAMA ir. Elshoff was going to close Nine A and hoist coal through Mine B. This was the talk between miners. No organizers came to sec mo to try end pet me to change unions. I came to the conclusion that if I didn't join TA that I would lose my job and being @ yoars old I couldn't get a job anywhore else. "I attended e couple of moetings at FLA headquarters and one at Redman's Hall where the sale cf Nine 4 and whot we were going to do was discussed. Some men were for UA end eome for PA. I don't recall who was in charge of the meeting or know anything about any Committios being chosen to talk to Er, a the one who got mse to go to the mectings. I didn't atte evin the Elks Club and Mr, me T wa WW Aa sSsues ean mene nit 2h ad a WES Ate + af Va aa, at EGmondson never spoks at any of the moc that th a lot of dher miners, end went =e nm nt T taien da THIEL TT aR et a ia cei ay a te a a Ee ge re eee ne at the United Hine Workers Bidg. along wi