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Re: JOHN L. LiWIS, ET AL. bo (Cy INTERVILG wITH ;) Special agents Be anc (eens seemed afraid of something during e interview, but when asKed if anyone had told him = not to give information to the F.B. 1, aid that no one had talked oor to nim. de speaks English with diffaic younc understands it when spoken. cee slewly. de claimed to have no criminal record, If necessary, he i8 willing ae to testifzr. Ye furnisned the following signed statement. "Springfield, Tll. LEE September 6, 1943. '); = make te, fo® leva ae statenent freely and voluntarily * ae who have identifies themselves to me as Bpecia a e Federal Bureau of Invesvigation. No threats or “promises nave been made to me to o.tain tins statement. "IT presentiy reside at & I am employed at iline > I was borr, - I came to tne United States in ee ici, Tll. in "T first joined a union, the United Mine workers, in Spring- field, Tll., ix I stayed in this wnion wtil 1932 when I joined the crogresenne tane Workers of america, I think it was before the election in February 1941 at Mine B that I rejoined tne U.id., but I am not sure. JT have never been an officer in any wilon. "I started to work at ine 3 about Gy) when the P.u.a. union was orgenized in 1932, i went along with the majority. From that time until 1937 everythi.ig was smooth at Mine B. I was satisfied with the P.M.A. wnion and with the leaders of that union, I would have been satisfied with U.iiw. also because it makes no difference to me to which union I belong. JI just want to be writh the majority in a union, ; "Before the strike started in 1937 no one ever said anything to me about joining the U.U.>. I don't remember any talk about anyone trving to force any of the miners to join a union, re "T went to quite a few P.M.A. union meetings, but I don't re- ob member @ meeting on the night before the strike started. JI don't - 334 «