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John L Lewis — Part 11
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RE: JOHN Le LEVIS, ET al. -
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MEE vs spor, onog ot a
by Spocial agonts ond pot ..
which timo he statod ho hud only a wuguo rooollootion
a “ITH
of what tock place at Minc B at the timc of the strike.
diffioulty undorstanding tho Inglish lan e and it is eved he would
make ao poor witnoss.
Thore is doing set forth bolow tho statoment which was tokon
at the time cf the intorviow wit It 48 boing noted that
ett ho did not want to g 6 statoncnt inesnush og he ws
"Sopt 1, 1943
Springfield, Illinois
"I noke the following voluntary statcnent to
both of whon hive idontificd thonsolves os
Special agouts o © Fedoral Burotu of Invostigatione No threats or -
pronises have boon mado tc induoo me to mako o stitencnte
und havo boon & U.S
und I an
"Twos born in
Citizon sinoe My hone address
presontly
"I started nining in obout Qf joinod tho uM. ot that
tince I have nover hold on cffico in tho unions. I started wrking for
Mine 3B in 1937 and at tht tino I was a nonmber of tho PMA union beosuse
I had workod at-the Sanconoun Coal Cos before that tinoe I startod
working fur Hino B in tho spring cf 1937 and so I don't kmow onything
about tho strikos I was working &s8 a tinbornan ond ot tht
tinc I woe working nights Bo I don GW anything abcut the wmion
cotivitiogse I never heard anything about any ncn who woro supposed to be
spics for the U.M.tl, I dou not know anything about any wage dispute or
contract at the minc in the spring of 1937¢ I was m the piokot line at
tho mine for about 62 days and overything wus quiot at that tine. Thero
wos nc fighting or violenco that I know ofe
"I wont back to work at Hine B whon it opened up in 1939, ;
but only workod thore about 6 month. I loft line B to werk for tho Bilt
C:21 Co which was Progressivo ond lator worked at Punthor Crook #62’~
I quit Mince B boouuse I gct o better job and boouuse I ¢ iko to
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