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a Re: JOEY L. LEWIS, ET AL | z . . S Po yee August 28, AE Bee eee onc Ha an MRE #22002 to be cooperativ. Rewere the Questions propsunced to hin without hesitation, It is believed that , he would make a good witness to testify to the facts as sot forth in ths { aN oe following signed statement: r . \ i Y MB make the following voluntary statement tc SEEMEwhom I know to be Special Agents of the FR peu of Investigation, U. S. Separtment of Justice. "I first joined the United Mine workers of 4 ca which will be referrod to hereinafter as Uti st 3 Illinois is @ Ives employed in th. © Coal tinued to work at that anc mines srounc ae -at this time I went to work ot Gay’ % oat Co. working under UMT contract, om %: 1933 I first worked at Mine "B* as a member of the 1 December, 3 I firs Frogressive Mine Jorkers of Amerjoa. This unicn will be referred to Réereinatter &s PAT The fast day I worked in Mine "B" was about May 22, 1937 the day the mine shutdown due to the strike. I was unemployed from May, 1937 until Fovembor, 1937 at which time I went to work at th Coal Co, at® Illinois, At this mine I worked under & PMA . *T have nover held an office in any union and I as net works at w ng Vine "BS when it started working under a PifA contract. "I nevor attended any PMA union meetings, and I was always satisfied with the manner in which the FMA had been operated. yy job at Mino B was digging c-11. Relative to the relations at this mine they were always good between FMA officials and PMA rank and file. "I know practically nothing about the twolve miners who wore alledged to be sympathetic to UMG, and who may have been members of UM. while they wore working at mine "B" as PMA members prior to May, 1987.