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«ps anal ret dn Heh enna aa ee ar AR Ss Springfield, Tllinois, was Tae in the residence of his son, on September 4, 1943, by Special Agents Because of waaiies:-.: We ate SoRE nac acu n interpreter. He cannot speak ord, Secause of his lack testify in court. The follow- of education IB £2i.c he preferred no ing Signod statement. war cbtained fron "Springfield, Til. September 4, 1943 5 — sta aten sent tn we é whom "y know to be Special Investigation, of my ovm free will, with no thre promises. Because I don't understand oe has explained the ques- swers to him have been me a naturalized citizen in federal court at S ring J joined the United Mine Workers at . ir. joined the ‘rogressive Mire “orkers 4s and rejoined the U.M.wWw., I believe, in April, 1941, IT have never beid any office in a mine union. J am presently working at line B. "I began working at -ine Bin 1929. I joined the P.M.A, in 1932 at that mine, but T had no part in its organization. I don't remember why the F.l.A. was started, I was entirely satisfied with the P.Ii.A., and the officers of the union treated ne all right. "I remember that the pit committee of the P.M.A. told me about a union meeting to be held the night before the strike. I didn't go to the meeting, but it seems to me that it was something about joining the U.M.i, On the day of the strike I went to work, and the strike was called about 2:30, Some of the nen YoSSing their cars Short, but I was not, I don't know why the men were loading ‘ short. I don't know who called the strike, or why it was called, "T don't remember signing any paper for the P.M.A. after the strike started. JI don't remember signing any papers for any union. T don tt remember zettine any netices that the mine voulc reopen, ~- Bf «= peep ate cae mem eee , cepts ig Eee ee eon mT OE URE ESET OT ae Lad