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ec TT | 1¢ O s06492 Ret JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL ITERV IE’? WITH eo a ee Springfield, Tlin ois, was intervicn d at his residence by ion: a ; and Se on August 30, 1943. wa ing talker, and coopers im: mitted n>? cririnal record. It is believed he Wo b sak a *Sprinrfield, Tl. August 30, 1943 al Acents ol tne Féederai Bureau or Inve stisation. No ave been made to ne to obtain this statement. as fs 2 United States in [land ws re Ze a Federal court in Sprinpfield, Ill., in My certificate of naturalization is numbered I ws 4 member of the United Mine Yorkers. 7 cd States, J was a member of the U.M.T. in the United States without having to pay any extra dues. I stayed - in the U.1.%. union until I joined the Progressive Mine Workers of America union in 1932. I stayed in this union until 1940 when I rejoined the UMW. "I began to work in “fine B about Sige I took n> part in the formation of the P.}.A. at Mine B. If the ma jor y of the miners at Mine B were in favor of the P.M.A., that was satisfactory with m. It made “no difference to me to which union I belonged. I just wanted to work so that I could make money to support me and my family. NI don't remember any trouble at Mine B from 1932 to 1937 between the P.M.A. and the management of the mine. I don't think there was any trouble in the P.M.A. I did not attend many union meetings because I was not very much interested in wmion activities. Whatever the majority of the miners deciced to do with O.K. with me. Prior to 1937 I don't remember that any person asked me to join the U.H.“. Iodon't know of the activities of any persons who might have tried to vet mcabers for the U.M.W. "I don't know the reasons for the strike in 1937. I did not attend the P.W.A. neeting on the night before the strike, and I dontt - 232 «