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¢ u RE: JOHN L. LEVI6, BT A bIe bp wes interyiewed by Special scents stated that he has memory anc for that reason could not give “much infcrmation relative to the events which took place at the time of the 1 gtrike and subsequent thereto. It is believed thet would mke a poor » > Government witness. There is being sct ferth below the signed etatancnt which ; executed ot the time of this interview. INTERVIEW WITH “August 351, 1943 Springfield, Ill. " moke the following voluntary stetement co both of whan havo identified themselves to be Special - Apents < e Feaeral Burenu cf Investifation. No threats or promises have been made to induce me to make any statenent. "I we bop yo aU. 8 I presently roside at citizon for about yenrs. "I first jcined a union in hen I jcined the U.M.W. During the lost war Iowns a pit canmitteman, sterted working for Mine B in about and joined the F.M.&. in 1932. I quit working about a your ond a half eso. Detween 1932 and 1937 I attended union meetings quite regularly. I dc not recall much about the ccntroct expiring with Mine B in 1937 in view cf the fact my mamory i¢ net so good. To the best of my recollection, I think the strike was called because some of the mon wanted to be with the Frogressive union while the cthers wanted to be with United. 4. * ry 4 mr + ¥ "I ranenbder that some of these men who wanted to form a U.M.W locel were DOMINICRPASQUALE, TONY PLOTCH ond some others. As far as I know all cf the men were ‘satisfied with the PMA union. I remember that at one of the unicn meetings semé cf the men were fired from the union because they wore spiese I do recnll that it was somotime around the time of the strike, but I don't knew any of the details. I know that there were some clains made that scmebody stole some ballots when the mine went rMA, but I do not renember anything moro about the relationship between the ccmpany and the unicn. Lt iii vane - iv "I recall that thete ws sane questicn about a ccntract and wages abeut the tine cf the strike, but I can't roamember the details of the dise putes. we "I me on the picket line at-nmine B from some time in Sept, of | ; 1937 until I started working for thefFanther Croek Conl Co. I worked there : ~ 00 -