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RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL. INTERVIE.. ITH ie, was inter wored by Special Agents Po He related his story In & Clear to the Government in this He would make a favorable witness to testify to those matters con- tained in the following statement which he signed: " . Till. , make the following voluntary statement to lercrned of whom have identified themselves as Special Agents Bureau of Investigation. No threats or promises have been made to induce me to make a statement. and came to the U.S. anther Creek, Mine B in 1936, I have never held a union office and started to work in wahen I first started at the mine everything seemed to be good at rst. The officers seemed to be good men and the company was getting 7 + “T recall that our union contract with the comfany expired on April 1, 1937, and some of the men were kicking because it seemed to take a long time to settle on a contract, I think however, that most of the men felt a good contract would be signed. tat about this time a group of men who were supposed to be P.M.A. Men were really working for the U.I!4i. I heard these men were paid by the U.Nol. to start to organize a U.N... local. I had heard about these we a eee ote ear aca cli UL men before the strike, but they never approached me. I used to see them talking to our Progressive men and they al so seemed to hand around the company office. Bohannon seemed to be the main man & others were Tony Flotch, Austin & Carter. "T think that before the strike these men were expelled from our union for their actions. In my opinion the whole mine knev these men had heen kicked out of the union. I used to attend a few union meetings, but I -91- me re me ne em a ee re ee em a cree coe ne