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a A rte C7. Oo a — Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL, INTERVIEW WITH Tllinois, was cooperative but it is not felt that he wo t- ness, inasmuch as he only worked at Mine A for two months and never returned after the shut down on March 31, 1941. a: no known criminal record. He furnished the following signed statement. MB m1. September 13, 1943 "I, 1, do volun- tarily make the following statement to on who have made themselves known to me as Special Agen t Tue Federal Bureau of Investigation. No threats o- promises heve been made to cause me te make this statement. "I was born in and started working in the mines in and around Springfield, {i1_ in joining UsWA at that time. I am presently employed at Pan'.t Creek tine #2, Springfield, Jil. "I was only employed at Mine A for a period of two months, February and *arch of 1941. JI never returned to kine # again but Started at Panther Creek #2 in October 1941. "4 was in favor of the Progressive Mine “orkers of America in 1932 and joined up with them while working at ti, I am still a member of P.M.A. I have never held an yp in cither PMA or UeWa, "I have no knowledge of the facts surrounding the opening of Mine A in September of 1941. I never attended any of the PMA meet- ings before the mine opened at which time they switched their wiion affiliations, All I know about the situation is what I read in the Ill. State Register and 1 wouldn't go back because 1 didn't want tne +n Sct re Ba oon roan i to have anything to do with UMVA, when I read that Mr. Elshoff had bought sine 4 I just said to myself, ‘well I haven't got any job'_ “During the two months I worked at Mine A conditions seemed alright and the miners scemed satisfied with P.M.A. I worked nights and didn't have a lot of contact with the men, i "aftcr Mine 4 reopened under Elshoff as «: of ' I the miners came by and said that Vscar Falcetti wan me come back. - 317 -