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po ens OT STRESS ESE PEERS SR AE oe G 996322 Som Ret JOHN L. LEnIS, ET AL. b ? co b YD tarviewed by Special Agents ap This person expresses y, and would not make a desirable Following is a signed statoment cbtained fron Pe "Springfield, Illinois August 31, 1943. witness. following signed sts nent to | o ites a who have identified themselves as Specia i Bureau of Inverti- gation. No threats cr promisea have beon made to me to induce me to make a statemoent. Wr 45 kh-ws = en an @hy, let ees Dburml a as . al : “pS ; a eo way GIR WE Le States in and became a citizen in ; the Tnited Mine ecrkers in i have never held an cffice in any union. "] started working at line & and joined the Progrcssive in 1932 when all the cther miners co All the men wanted to join Froegressiva at that time. From 1932 to 1937. everything was all right. The men al] seemed setisfied with the Pld. "In the spring of 1937 some of the men started talking about joeining Uw. There were three cr four of these and I remamber that andyt Pasay AL and Dominie-Pusqrale were supposed to be for U.M... They did not talk to me, howevere "I do not remember anything about a new cohtract in the spring of 1937, I did not hear any talk about anything of this scrt, “On the aay of the strike I was working AB A digger in SM at Mine B, I guess Y loaded two or three cars that dey, then the driver came end seid "Bverybody out". I didn't know what the trcuble was. I guess I load one or two cars short that day - I dcn't knew why, somebody said load shcrte I didn’t hear anything about a wage argument thet day or about anyone boing kicked out of the union. - ; "hen I got to the top of the mine somebody snid "Strike™, I guess it was because Andy and Dominic were working for United. ®I furget now whether I signed any petition or not. I was not on any picket line, T worked on \.PA&A that auner, I knew cther fellows wore on a picket line but I didn't go, I was too busy. - -~ 62 = i