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ae “de - i me ee i eh A i tt te ee nem ee geen ¢ eo - “96455 Ree JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL. waa interviewed at his hene, Springfield, Tllinocis, on the » 2945 a Special Agents y definite in hie opinions, and would be very diffiowlt to oross up on cross examination. Jeosuse of his speech difficulties he would not make a good witness, He we ve t 8 Ls pned statenent, which was read to him by & os a "Springfield, Illinois fugust 26, 1943. nome is a am Imake the following statement A ae on who have identified themselves to me to be Special agents o e Federal Bureau of In= vestigations No promises, threats, or consideration of any kind has deen made to me to make this statement. I am willing if necessary to go to court and repeat this statement beofuse it is true and agcurates "I was working at Mine B several years before 1932. I was a member of the United Mine ‘iofkers because I could not work at that mine unless I was &@ mamber of the United Mine ‘forkerse In 1932 there wes some trouble and all the men at fine 8 joined up with the Progressive Mine Yorkerse I jcined up too at that time, and was willing and anxious to do so. I belcnged to the Progressive Wine ‘forkera @1] the time until I quit working at Mine B in 1941. T never had any compleints cgainst the Progressive Mine “lorkersee. I was sttisfied in every wy with the treatment I got from them and the way they acted. They never trhrettened me with anything or asked me to do anything that I did not want to do. " "Then the mine went on strike in 1937 I was down I did not know about the strike until they told me that the strike was one I came up to the top and they told me that the troulbe wos about sone contract, but I do not remomber the detnils. after the atri e I oume home and did not go beck to the mines I did not sign any petitions ™Then the men were oalled to go back to work in September of 1937 I did not go backe I told the men that I would wait and see if they actually did stay there before I went bioke I had a job with the UPA so I wanted to be sure that the mino wes going to ~ork before I went back. - 195 -