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4 s wear s . ~ . , Sa fea was intervigwed by Special Acents ff oa a clear reco oe ers & and tells nis ON story well. It is believed that he woulc make a satisfactory witness to . testify tc these natters set out in the following stetenent which he signede FO “August 20, 1948 Springfield, Tilinois make the following voluntary statement to Soe Saree oth cf whom heave identified themselves as bee — ine Speciel Acents cf the Federer] Bureau of Investigation. Wo thrents or promises hewe been mace to induce me to make a statenent. e orn in Fitinsis a foe en? presently live at I first aterted n the mines when I wns shout years ol mined the U.MaW. ir a ve never held an office in eny union. I sterted working for Mine in an at that tine I was a member cf the rm4 union. "ag for as I was ccncerned, conditions at the plent were food up until the tine of the strike. T used to attend mest of the union meetings and we were tola our ecntract wis tc expire in March and that BLSHOFF was coing to renew cur contract. I wes told by the union that between Apri} 1, 1937 nnd Mey 12, 1937, ELSHOFF had refused to meet with our men and agree to a new contrnct. Fricr te the time of the strike there were no picket lines at the mine that I know of, . "IT did not attend a union meeting the night before the strike and so I do not imow of eny action they tock that night. a list of 12 names tc ne ané I knew all of these men & he=r¢c these nen were supposed to be s ies for the U.M.i. ond kmow thet were expelled fro the union for not being good PMA union men. I think that it was at a regular meeting ebout a week tefcre the strike thet the 12 men . nenticned were crdere2? expelled from the union for 99 years. I recall thet one of our officers got up before the mecting & read off acme cherges to the effect that these men had been earrying cn activities for the U.M.7. Sone of the spies were at the meeting and didn't meke any effort to deny the ' chergese "I went to werk on the worning of the strike ané took up my regular job as a digger in} ‘then IT got to the mine I saw abcut 400 men stands © ing arcund and I wae told that the FEA men did not want the men who had beet. expelled fram the union tc go to work with then, I hed heard tht these men * had gone to FALCETTI and he gave than their "live check" to go to work that mcrninge It wes my inpreseiom that none of the men wanted to work with thes: mM. og : , a & it - 42 me rae a ” 4 + a i