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nr eee wv . Les, ET AL. R: JOR L. Lewis b ACL b 4 D ay Tilinois, was interviewed at his uome as, at which time he executed a signed statement i and is 4 naturalized United States citizen, but . nas 3fi.eculty in speaking English, de is working at bine *B" | ecovtzed It is not blieved he will make a good witness. He was Cooperative curing tue interview but professed complete ignorance on rany qrestions. fle has no Laown criminal recor? The follmang is the signed statenent ob- tained fren Springfield, Special Agents “Springfield, Tll_ August 31, 1943. Soringfieli. Ill, make "I, the followinr, voluitery statemens t: ae: : T know ere Soecial agerts . ves igatinn. Ne t4reavs or proses oy any kind have been made to get me to make 2 Suatement and - uo se kncewing it can be used in a court of lav. "T was born I came to U. S. in ly and became a naturat:ized citizen : "I joaned Usd. in Quen 1 went to work at Peabody #6 mine. I have not held any o.rice 1n any union, "J was workirg at Peabody when it closed in 1932 and in the fall of 1932 I beszan working at lmre "3" at which time I joined PM, because Kine "B" was running under Pl, and i wanted to work. "T had no difficulty with PL, and I did not see or know of any attenpts by UMi to conve i. rembers to UMW prior to the strike in 1937. and did not see or know any ‘soles! were workl ne our eard from some of the other top men that there were some aroumd but « did not see them nor did they approach me in any manner. "On way 12, 1937 I saw some cars comirg out of the mine with only a few hundred pounds in them and that afternoon the men all ceme out on strike, This was the first I had known of a strike. I did not attend any meeting the night before the strike. "I don't recall signing any petitions in the summer of 1937. I saw'in the paper in august 1937 that Elshoff had signed a con- tract with Ue and so when it was anno nced that the Mine "pt" would open in Sept. 1937, I went out to work but instead we began picketing. I. picketed at mine "B" off an_ on for a month or 80, I was not present when tue injunction was served on the pickets. ~ 285 «= ~ ee tome ee ee eed r 7 r . Lo . : a