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2S RT terre RCNA, NN UH AOR PS atl Re: JOHN L. LETIS, IN | omerareniinn Aa 1s_intcrvicrod at his hose by agents - 0 2 CR 2 oe iugust 29, 1943. He wis frec in civins information, ant is no eved he would bs a pood witness, He admits n> erininal record. The following signed statemont ras eiven ty av ust 29, 1943. "IT, § p make ths fo loge st:tencnt freely and voluntarily t- anc @& ae o have identified thensclives to ne as Suis Agents of the Federal eu of Investigation. . No throats or promis: 2.ve beon made to nc to obtain this statencnt. "IT presently live até was por ny See zy i 3 union mil I joincd the Pr oproscive sf r Tr - ae oe ee I rejoined the U.il’. sone tine Thi IHG A bepan t and then after a short absence fra: “inc B, I acrin we 1932. I have never held an offico in any union. I canize Piha, "Durins the period fron 1932 to 1937 there was no trouble at Tine Be So for as I knovi thre ms no trouble in th: P.H.a. The officers ran the union fcirly «nd squarely. I don't reeall anr trouble with the nen in U.I..°. During this period I don't renenber any picketing 4 fey the TTI) or the ai etmibmée¢tian af any 1 tur ra iw th € aed an tan OY WH Ueise fe wn TLStlLoueLon Of any vor Po Gy Ui .v Wiis ¥ S . don't kmow of any acit-tins. "IT have not cone to many univun nectings. I have never taken auch interest in union cctivities. I always h-ve bon cble to cet along verr vell with the nun in any union, . "Before the strike started at Ifinc B in 1937 I hoard fron sone of the nen that there tas voing to be a spceinl necting of the P.Ma. mm the nicht before the strike. I did not po to this neetins, and I don't know the purpese of the meeting. Thon I arrived at Mine B the day that the strikc started I innt to work, and sone tine lster I was told thore was a strike. I don't know anything about the causes for this strike. ".fter the strike started, I reeall that I signed a P.u.a. petition to the effect that the P.i..i. had a majority of the men in the ming and vere ready to po ick to work. I thought that the petition was being - 259 « — — ae Ge ee ne we me et te owe ce ee a ee ae see ae