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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET aL. bIY bID Lr tt RY sprinetcl2, Tidinois, was intervicwed at his home on September 1, ~~ f 1943 by Special nconts and ee This man x speaks inglish wkth some culty of expression, and he can understand i English only when it is spoken slowly. He claimed to have no criminal \ Teor The following statement was prepared but not signed by q "Springfield, Tl. oe September 1, 1943 "TI, make the following statement freely and volumtarily to an who have iden- tified themselves to me as Spec agCntS Oo eral Bureau of Investigation, No threats or promses have been made to m to ob- tain this statcnent, "T presently reside at re 8 oie fi ld, Til. was =: do not work. "I was born in the United states in Previous to States 5 “4 first panes. a mne wien, the United Mine Workers, in Ql in I stayed in this wiion wmtil I joined the Progressive fone workers pf america in 1936, about tro or three months before the election in February 1941 I rejoincd the U.M.«. I never was an of- ficer in any union, “I went to a few mectings of the P.j,a., but I don't remember any talk about organizers for the U.M.4. I don ‘t know of any trouble within P.uU.a,. or between the P.M.a, and the U. MT. knew there was to be a mecting on the night before the strike started but I did not go to the meeting. I don 't remember how I knew about this meeting. "On the day th. strike started in 1937 I saw everyone going out of the mine, and I went along with the mincrs. I don't know any rcasons for the strike, I did hear some talk about getting back pay, but I don't know if this was the reason for the strike. eT nore sw Fe T r any union in 1937, and no ono from the JU. er petiti fe) Ma ried to get me to join tho U.M.W. oa rr EE EG ER RN EAA SR I Ae eee