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RE; JOHN L, LEWIS, BT AL , t/ INTERVIES WITH t i end although he experiences difficulty in ex- pressing his ideag in “ng he appeared to have a good kmovledge of the situation at tine ? ig He stated to inter~ viewing Agente nh _ a thet he is presently doing de- fernse vorke He hi z The following signed etetement wes executed by £ "S-ringfield, Ill duguet 31, 1943 ~ folloving voluntary strtomort tc Ma oe oe “ Sreciel “gents of the Federal Buresu of Invostigetions : eats or pracises of eny kind have been made by tham to get ms to make a atctement, *y was borr * in ™ oe beceme ao naturel “I began vorking * in the mines shortly efter I exme to the 0. 5. z he MTA erica a ma aran Wye. he UIA union that time, I began working at King B® about peti ee I emigrated to United States ized citizen in ¥ a and I joined . “In 1932 I joined Fin teceuse the majority of the men were joining that unione I continued te work at Line “BY as a PiW until 1937 when the strike occurrede During this time everything concerning working oonditions and set- tiling gricvances was satiafiotory to me. I had no difficulty with P.E,W. “During the wage scale cortroversy in the spring of 1957 I sew severeél labor “apigs” who were attempting to get the men to join U.L ig These men vere JOE ALBANESE, DO..TKiC FASSULLE, CHAS, .BOKRAyNON, FELNE.AUVSTIN, JOHN SIRTOUT, GEO. daCansY, BUOnY Jaca. Y, TONY PLOTCH, FETER CARTER, JES HALES NEE. SCHRELEVIOUS, JOHN peor - ieee Ae athe cae ape YR, bosré member of "During the wage scale controversy : flar scale until 4 contract Fellee told us wa would oontinue to work on a #8 wae skened and then we would get a 10g raises *I donft recall attending a meeti “Om the morning of the atrike wo were told that same of the spice ~ hed becn expelled fron the P.M, and that ELSHOFF had refused to “fire™ them 80 we wore told to load our cars short that daye JI loaded same cars that had only 600, 909, and 1100 pounds in them. In the afternoon dust before quitting Ie ee erage nae ee a SES EE TY AEE It BR ag pgp lee eg nia ce oR Tyee a