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bie bd — | ‘speaks _ broken English, to a and it is believed : he would make a good witness to testify as to the facts set forth in the following signed statement which he executed at the time of this inter- PAugust 28, 1943 Springfield, Tlii make the following woluntary statement to both of wiow have identified themselves to be ederal Bureau of Investigation. No threats or . "I was born #% oe oo of the U. 8S. since abou es y residing at Springfield. I have been a miner practically all my life anc ined Wie U.H.W. in Oklahoma in about 1921, I have never held an office in any union. I started working for mine B in about®. |: I had been working at the Wines as a m of the U.M.W. When the Progressive union was formed at Nine B tha mae mine went on strike and the men began picketing at Hany © ¢ men joined the bro ar and went on the ricket lina. 4 : . z ressive union and I joined wild them anc went on the ket & e felt-that the Progressive union was the better union and wanted to get rid of John L. Lewis, There had been an election which we lost snd the men were not satisfied with U.M.We "In my opinion everything was going along all right until some time in 1936 when the management began favoring the U.M.H, It was about that time that some of the men began talking to the men and telling them to switch over to the U.M.W. I was never approached by any of these men and do not know the names of any men approached but I know all the men were talking about it. Some of the men who were trying to organize for U.M.¥. were Joe Albanese, Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Frank » Austin, Tony} Plotch, John Ahanias, - GeorgpkJocaway, ‘and Bowli een. I- never saw any Wrerature “distributed by these men and do not know anything about their actions. "in the spring of 1937 there was a dispute about wages involving» back pay which we were supposed to 7%. I attended a majority of the PUA meatines and we were always toid by my union that oub union could CRA Ow esi Eble re ore ke ‘tye a Vee ieee Oe get as much for us as the U.M.We Those men that I mentioned above were — telling the men that the J.H.W. was getting more money for their nen and a 7 se He ea Sear oe :