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CG | Q 06516 RE: JOHN L, LEIS, ET AL b7e Dit no B Was interviewed at his hone on Au-ust 3) 1943, by Special ugent™ : ~ 7 furnished his information in a cooperative manners He ad. thed that he had been mt in j4il for drunkenness, but a ‘ have no other criminal record. This aduitted failing on part of mi cht ingure his credibility as a witness. The following signed strtenent was obtained from "Springfield, Ill. August 31, 1943 "T, voluntaril, themselves to me the gol oming statenent freely and Ph ka who have identified S Spec ureau of Investigation, No threats or promises have been made to me t6 obtain this statement. » Springfielc, Tll. I was I avi Working at Panther E born at 3 Creek Mine ac "I first joined a union, the United “ine Workers, in hen I pee | was workin, in Springfield, Tll, J stuved in this union -nti 33. ba when I joined the rrogressive ine “orkers | of meric. As I recall I be gan a to work at Mine B some time in “15337 I quit wor king there in the first pare of I hevé"hever held any office in any union, I had no part in the formation of P.N, A. J joined the P.e.A. when I started to work at Mine B. That union had a closed shop agreement with the mine compan. ment and the P.N.d, I liked the P.¥.a. union better than the U.H. 7, union because the P.'.A,. treated me squarely and fairly, I was glad to join the F.o.A. because I did not like the war the U.IL). had been taking so much of my wazes in special assessments, 1 did not think that this vas right. "Before the strike started in 1337 I recall that there were some men trying to agitate for U.°.... and to pull menbers fron F.2.A. remember that Frank Aystin talked to me in Mine B, He said he was tired of PPA. and sugvested that we join the U.N. Iwas not in favor of this and told Austin thet I was satisfied with P.M.A. T also renember that Jimgy _Hale talked to me in Mine B. He said that the U.}.W. had over 100 members; and that I might as well sign uj, with UM... Ho one else evor said anything to me about U,!.W. oefore the strike in 1937. : "As I recall there was no trouble at the mine between the manage- ae ee tr elt nee ee | gn a Rae ale Ate RSS ae EA ERATE AEE Ban Olin TR: NN A