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C C RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL - ore, L£7D The following investizatis s sonducted by Special Agents enna a Springfield, Ill- . nois, pepremper 8, 1940; He also sai INTERVIEW ITH een arrescved in hia life. wine "3" about two years ago. a: more intelligent than the ordinary miner end he thor- oughly understood ell questions and answered them readily. It is felt that he would make a good witness if his testiscny were necessary. Agents obtaine? the following signed sstaetement from hime SETS = Sept. 8, 1943. "I, WI | 82 geicne Ty on maxing hi = and voluntsry statement to Sseciul Agents ee wees the F.3.1. No threats or promises have been made to me to give his statement. “r wes a : first joined U.it% about Gecars apo at Springfield . neve ve been an officer. I went to work for Kine B about a: so & also worked there-before once. Before 1932 BLSHOFF & U.N... seemed to get along elright but there seemed to be difficulties between committees. I was a blacksmith there. I tock no part in going over to Psi. as al} did & one one forced me to go over. HSetween 1932 & 1957 they were about same as under U.M.*%. but there was no difficulties that I know of. I never heard ELSHOFF or FALCEITI say anything egeinst PuA. I never attended many meetings at all & I just paid my dues & didn't pey any attention to union affairs. I never knew if P.MA. officials were taking money or doing wrong things but as fur as I kmow they were O.K. & looked efter the mens rights. Assessments were about the same as in any union - had then for sick members etc, I never felt they used the momy for other purposes than union affairs. Before Mine B closed there were some UsM.v. organizers working in Mine 3 & I wes asked by than to go pack to UML. & I told them I would go the way the rest of them did. I never got any literature fran them. There were 4 or 5 that I saw around & I believe thet some of them were SA.w:Y; CHARLES BOHANNON & ANDY SCHRELEVIOUS, I never hecrd of U.M.4. or ELSHOFF giving parties. In spring of 1957 the men Were saying we were working without « contract but just a few tnolked about it & they never were mad about it & they just kept on working, The Pit Committee would handle such matters & 1 didn't heer any of the above mer complain or talk about it. I never heard the company sy enything about the -170-