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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL ~~ oy, TawsKkView Wit was interviewed by Special Agents a It is noted that his residence is at Springiield, inois. Being of birth he does not express himself well in English. He is ily and cooperative and it is felt, might be used to testify to ee eee estes tters set forth in the following statement if deemed necessary The following statement was obtained from i» 7 Illinois September 6, 1943 make whe following voluntary statement ‘on. eames nam both of when have identified themfelVsr Seecial Age Le tac Peder t Weisivat £h48 Fo Investigation. No th-eats or promises ve en made to make a statement. 1 was Eoin came to the Unitec States in ai 722 U.S. Ccatizen about . T now reside at. Springfield, Illinois. ct mH o a 0 5 al Bureau of o me to induce me "7 started working in toe mines in QR on at that time joined the United Mine “orkers. I have never held any office in a union. I joined Progressive in 1932 when the rest of the miners joined, but I had nothing to do with the formation of ’ M.A. I started working at Mine B in 1935 and at that time the umion was getting along all right withthe company. The men were well pleased with P.K.A., all grievances were settled right away. In the spring of 1937 a new contract was to be signed but the company didn't want Progressive anymore. There was also about fourteen men at the mine who were working for U.NM.W. I don't remember their names very well, but I knew tueir faces. They never bothered me much, but I knew what they were doing, they were trving to get P.M.A. mento join United. However, the men were all satisfied with P.K.A. I know that some of these men were expelled from M.A. but T didn't know. they were kicked out until after the strike. "I remember after the strike I signed a petition for Progressive. I also :voted in the NLRB election, someop. cone and ent me in a car and took me to the Armory, the -248- DR i a SO a la DR SS TC ae eR oa a ed