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i 5 C OC RE: JOHN L. LEVIS b2— bh | INTERVIE\_J1TH 8 interviewed at the heme whith he owns, SE iisce tect Springfield, Illinois, - on the afte G aus 48, by Special Arents Ol ond was born at wy e mines for years. yc or more before 1932 until January } is now employed et at Fenther Creek Mine No. 5. is considered by interviewing Seents ts & good potential witness. is confused eas to the sequence of detrils which he recalls. His interest was passive for several years between 1932 and 1939 end he does not recill gewents occurring in that time clearly. He recalls, clearly, however, events surrounding the est-blishment of the rrogressive Mine Workers in 1932, a the events occurring eat Mine “D" in 1939 and 1940 when he was being abused there. He is quite apt to confuse the things which happenec in 1952, with those which honpened in 1939 nnd 1940. Evente occurring in between those dates evidently did not greatly concern hin, and he cannot recall them vivid y- ay‘: vindictive arninst JORN L. LE‘IS, and OSCAR FALCSTTI. He would be a stuDsorn witness ant would not be ensily confused on cross ex~ aminaticn except cs to sequence and dates of events. He makes a fair ape penrance, has good command of the Enplish language, and con express hinself clearly. He would be ozsily unterstooc. He pave informetion set forth in the following signed strtements "Soringfield, I11. nupgust 31, 1943 hi eer is I mike the following stetement to » Who have identified thanselves co me mins. Agents of the Federr. Bureau of Investigation. Ro pron- ises, threats, or consicerntion of any kind hos Seen made to ne to set ne to mke this stutement. It is true ond accurate. Ion willing, | if necesscr. to go to court and repeat any part of this strtenent. "I have been in the nines for @ yeors. I first went to Mine B about 1928 or 1929. I do not reecell exacly when it was, but I ms at Mine B when the Fropressive liine dorkers of Aneri¢n was orgnnized, I was on the picket line when we struck to mke the company accept “the FMW of A and get away from JOHN L. LE‘I8 and the United dine jorkers. At the time I wis pick- eting there in 1932 I henrd JOHN SCHNEIDER talking with OSCAR FALCEITI. FAL. . CETTI would not hire the men who hid been fired before the strike, and said ee something about not being cble to keep his job if he could. I always though since then that FALCETTI did not like the Frogressive Mine orkers of éneric: - *l wos never an officer in any labor union. I aia not zo to the f mestings of the unions ysry often, I remember the day that the atrike ate” 23402