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RE: JOR L. LEIS, Sv aL \ i! is, was interviewad hi { * at his home b mente “< ‘ \ J He was borg ized citizen of the United " States in Tt is n-t believed he would make a good witness inasmuch as he has diificulty speaking bnzlish. He has no known criminal record. He supplied the following signed statement: "Springfield, Ill. September 3, 1343 do a \ ing sifr24 : J BP ee am yoo have made tacastiv.os known to me pecial agents of the Federal Burcau of Investigetion. No threats or promises of any Kind were mase to cni>8 me to make tuis stateuent. "T was bor: Fees . I vias naturalizcd at Springticid, "T have been mployed in Coal mines ev.r I joing up with the United Line Jorkers of Amcrica at sterted worl:inz at line ® ir continuins’ mw memd To never hela any offices in any union. ' revs and 1932 the UM? .z and the Mine B Officials got alon: alright. o tar as I know the rroyressive Mine “orkers Union was formed by some of the miners who got mad when the wase scale hallots were stolen in 1932. "T had nothins to do with the formation of the nev union but switched ov_r when my local joineca the vro.ressives. | "There wero no strikes or close downs b tween 1932 ana 1937 and Wr. BDishoff seemed to trvuat tae srogressives as weli as he had treated the UF loa. I thought that the new union was fine and that the leaders wore good. The dues and asscssments were about the same. "Shortl before the strike in May 1937 about 13 men went back to Uteta. & fei of thesc men cere suspended just before the strike. The- en thet T remember vere Frenk Austin, Charles Pohannon, aadre.. Schrele- vious, Dominic Pasquale, Pete Carter, Tony Plotch, John ananiag, John Sirtout, George Jacaway, and James Hale. Thes: same men are the ones who tricd to reoven the mine U i‘! A while we were on strike in 1937. ~ 367 -