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ng = on ies and in gemeral it is believed he ex. xocuted the folleacdne signed ; broken English, was very & seemed to have a very poor mem would make & poor witness peo Ti Lies. statement: "Springfield, Dlinois August 28, 1943 - meke the following voluntary statoment : both c* whom heve identified thenselves as be @ Federal Bureau of Investigation. He > a romises have been nade to me to induce me to make any wm Whee Ce pk rer) 4 ee Lh = @eegand cane to the U.S, itizen as soon as I possibly could. J have I came to the U.S. and joined the ' I remained a member of the U.XLW, until "1932 when I foined the Progressive union. JI have never held any office intthe union and never attended many of the meetings — ¢ither Pra. zressi wo oO a fGsiao va Fu in I became a U.o. becn forking | in the mines ever_s "43 far as I was concerned conditions were about the Same under Progressive as they were under the U.M.W. To my knowledge the officers of the Progressive were good men and I dont think they were engaged in any racket. I never attended many of the nectings and only heard rumors to the effect that some of the men in our local were spies for the U.N.¥. "TI can't remember much of what happened on the day the mine was ut dorm in the spring of 1937, I know that many times we would go te shut Ve dad Wi Opi, Va 4 8 au Hiaily WOU iil work and when we would notice men coming back from the mine -- that, is, not working -~ we would turn around and go home without knowing why the mine wes shut down. JI do not know any of the details as towhy the mine shut dorm in 1937. - "I remember signing a petition dftcr the mine shut down, but do not know whether I signed any other petitions. I vent cut to the mines and marched in the picket lines several ttbtes, but do not remember the dates. Since I live out in the country and away from most of the men I have never discussed the conditions at the mine with the menf. I have never secn any men beaten up by any union organizers and have never seen any of the men fighting, but I have heard rumors that men were - 91 =