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( 6 GC+887 Mr Jolson | yy . BK. A. i ~ - QUMECGAR HOOVER Ny . . . Clete = 7) SEIECTOR € Mr. Coffey_ Federal Bureau of Investigation Pnited States Department of Justice an. % fat Washington, B. ¢. > a, . Pa TIAL Mr. Tracy yo Mr. Acers July 2%, 1943 Mr. Carson ~ . Mr. Harbe CEPT WHERE SHOWN - a r. 1 omnfor 0: 18K Res a ." oars - , ¥ , - Ld an Ve _. mr. pinn famm_ FOIL INFORMANONCONTAINED “asta workers WE tnetsoa; ar. ese eS ' + HOFF, Owner of B Miss Beahm DERE IS UNPUACSIFIED ——Seetnetiend, tootey froumce, = Mitt Ome red ~. BY 24, af) ference is made to the attached memorands to you from tha De- partment requesting e full and complete investigation into charges that John L. Lewis, Ray Edmundson and Walter J. James, officials of thé{Uiited Mine Workers of America, and Carl H, Elshoff, omer offiine B, Springfield, Ie r vio tion of Section 51, Tilinois, conspired during the years 1937 to 1941 in and oppress Elshoff's employees in the free Tifle 18, U. S. Code, to injure Wry etse of the rights secured te them by the National Labor Relations Act. ; \, SULLEGED OFFENSE It is alleged that the sum of $225,000 was paid from the years 1937 I~ | Nig 1941 by officials of the United Mine Workers of america to Carl H. Elshoff, : Netuer of Mine B, Springfield, Illinois, with the intent to induce Elshoff to \ impose unfair labor practices upon his employees who were members of the rival union, the gressive Mine Workers of America. \ \ CLASS, & EXT. BY hy i ‘STATUTES INVOLVED REASON-FCIM II, 1-2.442_° ia DATE OF REVIEW Section 51, Title 18, U. &. Code, provides wea Upoty S50 ae F - ee j for two or more persons to conspire: RECO ( & | | 4 _ x93 / “ 413° «O21 "To injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citi in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privi ape UL 343 secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same.* — ¥ \ 8 wat \ Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act provides: ae " \ \ "Enployees shall have the right to self-organization, to ‘}! form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain S collectively through representatives of their own choosing, - ° and to enzage in concerted activities for the purpose of —— ~ collectively bargaining, or other mutual aid or protection." : SAV Lon pestrove? cons bdenriap oe ROLLIAN 11 1962 Se I NR Se eM Beane em ee le