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8 ee mutter = eee GC. O VIII. Investigation of Explanation Given fer Continuation of Payment after Mine Opened in November, 1939. As noted above, all of the subjects have attanpted te away the payaenta on the ground that they were “Loans® cosigned merely to cover the maintenance cost a " ne gat. CLs - ay BOS wether there ts any Logi tinate explanation for the payments after the mine closed. IX. Investigation ef Elshoff's Appropriation ef Monsy to His Ow Use and Other Subjects’ Knowledge of This. It is believed that Edmundson and Janes, and probably Lewis, were aware of Elshoff's appropriation of these sums to his ow personal use, and it is possible that Edmundson, and maybe Janes, actually shared in the enjoyment of the expenditure. Investigation ghould be directed to ascertaining to what extent this was so, x. Interviews with Individual Miners. It is believed that it will be essential to have inter- views with a great nusber of the individual miners who worked at Mine "SB" during the course of the alleged conspiracy. Many ef these persons, it ie believed, will be unsympathetic with the investigation ainoe they are now zombers of the United Mine Workers local, However, it will be extranely valuable to have signed statesents from as many of them as possible, and especially from those individuals who have taken a leadership in the Union or who actually participated in any of the incidents involved in this im