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RE; JOHN L. LEcIS, ET AL. be? . Ko mre dado eat et thee EL The following investi potion was conducted by Spec — CY Agente anc at Sp oe ficld, = on Gee bor iz 1943. + bis residence, 914 Percy, Springfield, Illinois, Agents inter-~ s and he advised he had never been arrested in his It was noted thet he had some difficulty in understanding the qucstions and when answering the questions his answers were not clearly understood. It is felt that he will make a very poor witness unless his testimony is absclutely necessery., After the statement mentioued pereinafenr was rend to him he was asked if he cared to sizn the semc and ne ecxed it he hed to. He was told that he did not need to and ho was aszed .? chere wes any reason why he should not sign it Ee thersunen signed the same without saying enything further. a e =k Ue +3 ad 7 2 he said that he hed not been, but hac heard some of the other miners at Mine 5 trlk about the matter; that they did not scem to understand what it wes ell abcut. He was ssked by agents 2s to whether cr not he did not understand why the inves*igetion was being made, and he said that Agents had so told him abcut it. oe or net he ror nev ne oO ion ‘ate re 2 UWOiival - = The following signed statement was obtained from | Springticid, Ill. Sept. 6, 19435. give the following statement tc : ; a whe are mown to me to be Special agents of the F.B.I. No threats or promises have been mado me to get me to give this statement. I started working at Mine B in working as a coal digger. I was bor: eek I came to the U.S. i: Blend became a citi union . a: at Westfield, Ill., in & “Bevis was & UsMeiwe "Before 1932 everything was OK at mine B under the U.M.v. shen they went over to P.M.A, it made no difference to me. IJ just wanted a job. From 1932 to 1937 the P.M.A. got along ok with Elshoff as far as I know. I never heard Elshoff or Falsetti say anything against the P.M,A. : or its officers. I just worked end paid no attention to union matters. - IT don't know of anything wrong betweon the P.!.4. men and their officiels. ; I only went to meetings for an election or something like that. I never