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. } i 4 Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL S was inter , intoxicated condition, and was apparently very several times that if his name appeared in the paper, he would be killed. - He refuses to testify, and refused to sign a statement. a satisfacvory witness. He advised he was arrested in Springtield, date not known, for a traffic violation. He would not mike The following statement was taken from August 28, 1%43 make the following voluntary statement to wae who have identified themselves to me ure.u of Investigation. I give this information freely, and no promises h.ve been made to me, and no threate h:ve been used. "TI live at "I don't want to say anything about the conditions at Mine B, because I'm afraid for my life if anyone knows that I said an:thing. If the United men knew that I said anything about it, ' my job, put would get shot. JI will sey that I vas forced to join the United Mine “orkers, vhenI would much rather hive stayed with the Progress- ive union, I was forced to join_the United. men, whose names I ron't tell, cane to me and told me that if I didn't join United I would de shot, or beat up. I'd not only lose — "Tyas satisfied in with the Progressive union and wanted to stay Progressive. In union meetvin-s, if I wanted to, I could get up and say vhatever I wanted to, and in the United meeting's, if I tried to get up to say anythine, I wouldn't be allowed to talk. thing, because there are men around the mine with guns 411 the time, and I'l not only lose my job, but I'l get shot. I'm afraid to sey any~ "T have rcad the above, consisting of anproxinately one an¢ one quarter rages, and state that it is true to the lest of my knowledge. do not want to sign it, hovever, because I'm afraid of what night happen to me if anyone should kno. about it. ‘et, Swe ve ww ge. “The above statement was read ~ and acknowledged Tn ys gs Me Doc OE PS vel hip, ake. 1 Pe eee TE ages eae te a tye ne ge atk ee ee a gt pepe ae petite we eee