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ee RN cele ee Cc O Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL f \ , Lan b) Cc O°} LD INTERVIE'- H The following investigation was concucted by Special Agents a Gla —- Springfield, aliincis on supus “31, 1943. u ; Agents interviewec in the presence of his wile and daughter, and he advised he has never been arrested in his life. It was noted that he is an illiterate person of foreign birth x and he had difficulty in understanding the questions and answering then and he was assisted by his wife and daughter. He was cooperative and ' appeared sincere and it is not believed he would make a good witness 1 unless his testimony is necessary. He furnished agents with a signed statement which he initialed and signed and which is set out as follows: "Springfield, T1l august 31, 1943 "I Springfield, Til. hereby give the nt to ay aro. are known to me to be Spec, Agts. of the F. Be. I. No 2ats pe or promises have been pade me. I was born I came to the U.S. in Ge: became a citi, a - i . I first joined a mine union this was the U.L.'., I transfered this to U.S, I was first employed at Mine "Bt about and worked there till Mav 1937 as a coal-digger. From fe) the U.U.W. had no trouble with Elshoff so far as I know. When the union swung over to the P.H.d4. I went over then too, I felt conditions were twice a good under F.U.A. as U.H.W. I went over because I wanted to nobody made me. "From 1932 to 1937 there was no trouble that I know of. Everything was ok in the P.}.A. union up until about 2 or 3 weeks before the strike. is far as I know the P.U.4. officials were all right, no force was used to run the union and if a miner had something to say it was ok.s ‘While _I was in the Progressives I attended one or two meetings a months “J dont knov anything about the men who rere convicted for the bombings. I dont think the P.H.A. officials were doing anything wrong with our money. "J dent know about any trouble being caused the P.M... by the - 392 - ce i HR GT AE ET Ae SR a, Tea I PNR SP TNT SOR! 7