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REe JOHN L. LEVIS, ET Ale a ws + MPMI proscnte © cond A appesrance; ia a fairly omvinoing talker and seamed to be } S ainoore in hie statements. It is bolicved that * v witness to tostify to those foots sot forth in tho following signod ss... - atatomente It is boing noted oath a great reluctance b to testify in opon sourt atating t s opinio if ho tostifiod “\ in oourt ho would hive ao herd time holding a job in this oanmmunity. ar {A ~ Fellowing is his Signed stotoncnts “e~ INTERVIEW ITH aa was nal Special agents ee would be a good. ay. ! "august 28, 1943 Springfield, 11 maiko the following voluntary statonent » 00th of whan havo identified thansolves to pe © Foderal Buroau of Investigoatione No threats or pronisos hevo been made to me to induce me to make any statomonte "I was born in ‘ and have beon o miner preotioally all my lif ed the U.M.We in tnd prosently on ployed at the mings I stortuc working for Wino B in end at thet ting wos G member of tho Pellits I quit w: king at} Mino on May "Botwoon 1933 and 1937 the PulA seamed to be getting long fine with the o.mpany nene I used to go to a majurity of the neotings but do nct know the various desis.2ng neda by the loool union offioialse "T hed heard runers in the spring «2 1937 that some of owr mon in the Progrossives word Ootuolly working for the U.M.We Some of the mon whe wore supposed to be spies wore FRANK AUSTIN ond CHB, BOK NNOMe~ I don't know if thoro woa any dispute pole on ot that time with rospeot to wagese It is ny inprossion that the strike on May 12, 1937 was duo to tho faot the non didn't want to work with those none at that tino I was working os o driver in & know thet shortly aftor the mon started working they started “Toa the oirs shorte I asked the men why thoy wore ducing that, but they wouldn't givo ne any reseme ", few weeks ufter tho mine wos shut down I went out to the , minog with sune other nen ond ot that tine I signed a petitia for the P.Menxe I was out on tho picket line with the other non whon we wore served with an injunction to get off the proportye The non felt that there wes ao conspiracy betwoon ELSHOFF & the Ua alls mon to stop us fron w rkinge Lo . a : - BB