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Re: JOEN L. LEWIS, ET AL b ?>Ce ae -: cifficulty in comprehending some of the cuestions put to him, inasmuch as he cocs not speak or understand the English language very well. It is believed that witness. vould only make a fair There is being set forth below the sizned atatement executed by t the time of instant interview: Til. Sept. 2, 1943 makc the following voluntary stetement to % pm eS both of whom have identified themselves as Speciai agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. No threats or promises have been made to induce me to make any statement. > and came to the And started mining coal "T vas born in See I became a U. S. citizen in I joined the U.N... union ir wm ave never held an office in an ion. I started working for Mine B in about and worked there until May of 1942, at the present time I do not have any job. U, S. in "I remember that it was sometime in 1932 when the P.M.A. was formed and I joined the P.M.A. union 2t about that time. I didn't have anything to do with the start of the F.M.A. and so I dontt know the reason why P.M.A, was formed, I have never gone to many of the union meetings and never paid much attention to union activities, "I recall the strike at Ninc B in the spring of 1937, but I do not know what caused the strike. ow there was some question about & new contract and IJ remember that our union man, told us to go to o it that we would get a good work as usual and the union would see contract. I remember that before the strike some of the Frogressive men didn't want some of the other men to work with them, I believe Pasquale and Pohannon were two of the men that the other men didn't want to work with. I hoard that these men along with about fifteen others were on the company payroll to act as organizers. I don't know who they were supposed to be organizing for though. I heard some men had been kicked out of the union, but I don't know the reason, * "On the day of the strike I went to work as usual in box J and started dizsing coal. I know that we worked until about noon when a ~102- a ee i erp ree may et em te on mT Tr a ke opm cet rmeue me e er tne CAR CN Qaletye sage sat copie eto pe ee