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ee ee oy Re: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL Ve L1D area was jo erviewe is residence on September 1, 1943 by "s ecial Agents d is a naturalized was cooperative and had a fair understanding of Mine "B" from 1936 to January 26, 1940. He executed the \ w Folloning signed statement: e op “Springfield, Illinois September 1, 1945 make the following voluntary statement to ; whom I know to be Special Agents of the \ f Investigation, U. S. Dopartment of Justice. I came to tho in "Upon my arrival in the United States in working in the minos at United Mine ..orkers of America whic UM at the mine about I atarted The first union oined was the bo referrad to hereinafter as I haiped organize UM in that can remember. 5 Near Bs "I came to Springfield, Illinois indi and went to work at the Capitol Mine and the #2 Sangamon Mine under the UMW. "I went to work at Kine "B" about 1936 under the Progressive Mine Yorkers of America that will be referred to heroinafter as the PUA... "i never held an office in any union. I attended moat of the union meetings at Mino "B®, I liked the FMA and was satisfied with its' officials, I do not like the UMv on account of JOHN L. LEWIS and some of the Ui. officials. "In the UMT a minor can hold an office indefinitely, but in PMA o miner oan hold an office for only two years at one time. ®In Mine "B" I was working as a 'digger' and TONY PLOTCH came to me about a month before the strike in May, 1937 whila.I was digging in the mine during working hours and asked me twice one day to leave the PMA and join the UM:. Hs said I better join Uli now and I said no, that I would wait and see which way the othor miners wont and he again said that I should not wait for the others, but that I should sign up with Ui right away, I did not do it. = 416 « er nn nn cemmmtasnahenmainaddhbme nem ana -derramaiediacian raineaneatih. cineeh-naiiaie dundiaieatidie tata amatindtens nideatiitiacinaeath malitaiadaim nih inh ieaens Santen meena