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a a cll _— _——— _ QC: O. .: Re: JOHN L. LEIS, ET ale \. LINTERVIE. [IT 4 a bd bID wh at ois re pot ; —_ : "a on = 31, é he employe makes a pev1 appearance, docs not appear to be positive of his statements, end gives the impression of having a faulty memcry. Following is a signed statement obtained tro. “springfield, Illinois August 31, 1943 "I make the following voluntary statement to whor. I kmow to be Special Agents of the Federal sureau bf Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. *I was on I am regis- tered with Selective Service Board No. Zz ringiie ois, and I am presently employed at Springfield, Illinois, as a laborer I presently reside cn "The first mining job I ever had was with the Coal Com- pany at @MMBB Illincis. JI worked there from yy te arch, _ "I began working at Mine "B® near Springfield, Illinois in March and worked there until in closed in Mey, 1937, shen the mine reopened ovember, 1939 I started working in Mine "B" and continued working there until \ ot Illinois I wcrked under the United Mine Gorkers of émerica which wi e referred to hereinafter as the UMW. From March, until September, 1932, I worked et Mine "B" under the Ui. 1 worked under the Progressive Mine Vorkers of dmerice which will be referred to hereine after as PMA from September, 1932, until one or two weeks before the second NLRB election of February 21, 1941, with the execption of the time when the mine wes closed down which was May, 1937 to November, 1939. About February, of 1941, I signed o Ui card because I was foroed to, and not because I wanted to do 80. = *T have never held an office in any union. "J wanted the PMA to be formed in September, 1932, because the UM. was always taking cut too much money from our wages. 1 felt this was unnecessary and I felt tho Us officials were getting rich on the rank and - 276 «