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INTERVIEY WITH : WEB interviewed at his residence, Sr | oe Be Springfield, Illinois, Special agents na born at e is preson y omployed ot Mine | would make on oxocllent witness re r for what taformats on ho docs hovee He hos good canmond of the English N“ longuoge; can express himself clocrly; nakosa o good appearance, and * appears to be quit intelligent.e He gave informtion set forth in the \ following signed statenonts "Springfiold, Tlle Auguss 28, 19435. nuke the following statonent te : DS who hive identified thenselvyés To F oO bG Spocial agonts of the Federal Bureau of Investie gations No pramises, thrents or corsideration of any Kind hove boon made to me to meke this statononte It is true ond accurate and I an willing to appear in court to repeat any part of this stutencnt if nocossorye "I have beon in the mines all of ny life. Pricr to 1932 I wos a member of the United Mine Workers, but in 1932 I joined up with the Prveressive Mine Workers of wgricie I was wmable to got book into the mine- had been working ut because I wes a PMI of 4 nonbore I did not net & job ut Mine B until cbout 19340 I werked at Ifine B until the tine of the stritt’ in 1937. I wos a nenber of tho union, bu did not go to the neetings too oftenes "I did not know nuch about what wos going on ot the mninoe I wos not porticulerlp interested in the union matterse I wes satisfiod with tho way that the Progressive union was being oporatod, end did not want to change unionse I did not purtioularly otro, but I would not huevo changed as long 48 the majurity wore BN! of he. at thet tine it , seemed tc me that almost 411 of the non were satisficd with the Pro= “ gressive Tnione "I hod heard that there was talk about boing © strike, but I hud nut beon at any of the moctings just beforo the striko, und when it wis oallod I wes surprised, and did not kmow anything about ite Mm the day that the mince wont out on striko, sone of tho mon wero lotding shurt oars of oofle I hoard ufterwerds thet they wore cbjeoting to