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ee cr rc Ei cate pe ee eae eet pepe ee oe Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL bre £96 ‘ INTERVIE) WITH a. Springfield, . ef diinois, was jo y anverviewed at 'is residence on eptember 7, 1943 by Special Acent and , bad little information of his own knowleage concerning activities at mine B. He executed the followinr written state- meant: "springfield, Tllineis September 7, 1943 rake the 2cllowing voluntery statement win ZI know to co: Epacial Arents of to the Federal Bureau of liv ms S Tepartment of Justice. prin-field, Illinois. I was born e first pine union I joi wes the Uni wine urters of America in 2t the are Line, Tliinoas. I skill refer to this a hereinalter as the Ula 'From a: worked in differant mines in the rincfield area uncer the Uni-. Ped workine at Itine B in September, -nd worked there continuously until it closed on May 12, 1937. z mis on the PMA picket line a few days in 1937 and did not go back to work when it attempted to re-open prior ts November, 1939, I went back to work at wine B in November 1939 as a member of the PMA, which I will refer rt “to as the Prorressive Mine Trorkers of America, and I worked there until | February 6, 1941 when I quit. I have remaired a member of the PMA from 1932 to the present time. na mine union was I was also AI took no active part in the formation of Plfa. I attended most af the union meetings when I was a member of UMW and the some applies when I was a member of PHA. "I yoluntarily joined the FUA in September, 1932 a8 I was tired nf the UMW leadership and I was not in favor of the reduction in the wage scale. ; “Prior to 1932, Elshoff seemed to cet along well with the UMA, I do not think Elshoff w:s pleased with the PMA from the start in 1932, and fe as time went on he appeared to favor the UM7 more stronzly. I did not deal ue with Elshoff personally and have no specific facts to support this opinion.