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“ Oo " 006322 Re: JOH L. LEVIS, ET AL b7c_ ointl pee e etd by me , at his residence, Bs on September 2, 1943, He avreared willing an, ‘questions put to him end furnished the following signed statoments Cee bea rr sam Illinois September 2, 1943 make the following voluntary stete= whom I know to be Special ony Ue. SDepartment of Justice. “T rceido a7 incis,: PP RE I em not now emplovode I wae borr ct ; LES a I first joincd @ ming union ebsu ll. which wee wring under the United line Workers o referred to horeinsfter ag the Ui. I vorked in the Loce l mines ac © nermber of ULM end started working in line B rbout Bee MM ce cmonber of the ULNW. I worked there continuously until May, 1937, et which tire the rine closed duo to the strike, ind I never vent back toworl in this mines I never tried to work thera after the mine reeopencde I remeined a member of the Ul until Septembor, 1932 whon the FiA, vecning the Procreesive ‘ine Workers of America, wes orgsnizod. I ~orkod in Vine B ce a FLA member fror. gopiember, 1932 to lay 12, 1937, the dcy the wince closede I have naver held an office in 6 unione ®I volunttrily joinad tha PKA in September 1932 when the UIW announced thet the bellot box hed been stolen, in connection with the vote on the wage sezle. I felt thet the FIA was a good union and I etill think it is sn better union thon the UW. I wanted to got away from John Le levis as I nevor liked his methods of operatione "Fron ey to Decombor, 1937 I vorked off an on at thePr& picket line to protect my job. I did not picket sfter the iesuance of the Federal Injunction of Deoorber 9, 1937¢ I do not recall tho fects of the wage sonic controversye “IT heard that prior to may, 1937 a munber-of Ul organizers were working in the mine secretly to got tho men to join Wily, but they nowr contseted mo, and I never heard thom talk to o’her miner Be I never saw thom beat anyones ®] think Elehoff end Falcotti favored the UL, but I don't knov why thay preferred thom. I attond:d very few union meetings and did not keep up with union effairs. I volurterily signed the PHA petition dated