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bre 672 Terepviz: vith 4s wns interviewed at_his residence in by Special Agents an at which time he state a as he w=s a new man “ine Nis information relative to instant case was rather limited. ‘oes not speak good English and has difficulty conprehentine questions put to him relative to the facts of instant case. It is not sclieved that he would make a good witness to testify in instant CI5€.6 There is being set forth below the signed statement which C executed at the time of this interview: "Seot 4, 1943 il 1. _—__ - 1 , make the follo.ing voluntary statement to | om a. of whom have idertified themselves as being pec1al Acents of th: tlderal murctu of Investigation. No threats or promise: have b-en made to injauce me te make any stavement. tT was born in Wi. becwme a U. S. cltize IT came to the U.S. in Till. I started coal mining in and a never held any office in any union. I wie in [Llinois whemtne Paik was formed in 1932 and I joined the PHA at tl-t time. I never had any conplaint. to make about Pits and I felt it was a good union. I didn't have anything to do with the forming of the 7.4. I started work at Mine B in 1936 and everyone seened to be satisfied with PIA. I am still working at Mine B SentnarA "J had never been asked to join thc U.L.7. up to the time. of the strike. Iremember that there was some argument about the new contract which w2s to be signed by the compzn, in the spring of 1937, Our board said a contract was to be sipned, making it retrozctive, but the company enid they didn't owe us any back pay. A lot of the men were arguing about the new contract, but I don't kmow any of the details of the contract. “I was a new gin at the mine and didn't know all of the men, and since I lived ill: didn't go to many of the meetings. J heard that 12 men were kicked out of the PMA union, because they thought they were working for united. I don't know the names of any of those men thourh. "I recall that on the day of the strike I was working in box B ag a Gigper. I went to work that day as usual and I remember that our union men didn't went the 12 men to work, but the company said they wer. supposed to go to work. We all went to work and I heard that some of the 12 men also went to work. When I heard that the rest of the men were sending up short loads, I also sent up some short loads. We were called out of the mine sbout one half an hour before quitting time. We were sending up short loads ~229= ae Pye BE Pte we er on te tks - omy rr