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FONT = a eo og te Cr Q 42%. b7D neem: C2 incis, «2: jointly interviewed at his residence on August — is a man So oi age 1 ne ul tactics use sea Dy tne Uli. Most of the in formation he amished hear- Say, He executed the following written statement: allt (<ti‘C‘S make the following voluntary statement to and » Whom I know to be Special agents of the federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice. TRTTLT 7 fret eae 4X 1BAVibW Wal ' et Q TT i Tllinaic H Lab RIE illinois on "I joined the United Iiine .orkers of Amezica, referred to hereinafter as the UMN, at d never held any office in the union but have been a member of the pit committee, UM/ while I worked at _ "From earch worked in t Tillinois as a member of the UMJ. About “went “to work in Mine _B and continued to work there wmtil the strike closed the _ mine in May, 1937. From May, 1937 to November, 1937 I was un- employed, and in the lattcr part of 1939, I believe in Movember, I started back to work in Mine B, and continued to work there until I quit mining at that time “From 1927 to 1932 the UM¥ and E.shoff got along fine, but when John L. Lewis favored a reduction in the wage scale and a vote was taken and some of the thugs working for him made off With the ballot box and Lewis signed up with the operators on an emergency contract. I was glad to get out of the UM? and join the Progressive | Hiners of america, referred to hereinafter as the PMs. The rest. of the miners felt the same was and the PMA was formed, "From 1932 to about January 1937 Elshoff got along al- right with the PMA. About 1937, in January, a number of men holding PM4 cards, but who were organizing for the UM¥ went through Mine B trying to convert the men to UM/. The men they et’ wee ee on eee ee. ae ry os hs ce. were trying to Convert were members of the PMi. Some of thease