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i r * f r ae . INTERVIEW WITH wes intervicwed at his hase, (i Me Sn, Springfield, Illinois . , of Aug JOHN Ly LEWIS, ET aL. ~ N would mcke 6 good appearance on ness stand » strongly built individuale He is ruther intelligent und understands well, He hes good cammind of the English Tongue g®» being able to express himself quite walle He is very definite at-.t things that he knows, tnd would not be easily confused on cross exoniniti one He is bolieved to be a good witnesa. Upon being interviowed, a signed stetemente I mcke the following atetee mont te . who have {dentificd thenselvcs to oderal Burecu of Investigo~= tione No prumises, threats, or considerations of ony kind hove been made to me to make this statoment. It is true and cocurate, ond I om willing to ropeit ony part of it in oourt if ncoasaurye "I went to work &t Mince B in 1922 und worked there until January of 1941. When I first went: to Mine "E" I wos « momber of the United Nine Werkars because cvcryone hud to be o momber of the United Nine workors in order to get & job ut thrt mine. It wos & closed shope In 1932 the Progressive Mie Workers of America wos organized and I jcinod that unione It had & closed hop snd I wus @_ member of this wnion until I left Hino Be In 1956 tnd 1937 I wos ta205 Union Steward ct this mine, und wis Steward agiin fram 1959 to 19406 "Before 1932 when the PT cf he wus or genizod there hed never been sny trouble ut Mine B with the mantgonente There wis sare dissension among tho men in the mine with the IMT cbout the cgsegsmonts, etc. but there wis no retle troubles. Sane of tho men who hid boon disgusted with the US? wore triod by the Uni-n snd Elehoff fired thems Elshoff tnd the Union got along pretty weli in those deyse "then tho PAY of A woe crgenized, we oll were onxious to goin, tind none of us would go baok to work until the mon Elshoff hed disohurged were rohired.s ‘Thom the PLY of A wes organized cvery employes &t the mine wis in favor of this wnionse At least I nevor heard tnyone dissent bout joining the PMT of Ae. The PMY of A kept pretty close to the mon and stood up for them whenever tnything heppeneds Tho Fifi of & did this much bottor thin the UN? had donee FElsnoff did not liko the BT vory much becuuse it proteoted the nen so much bettors I never vat . .