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Re: JOHN Ls LEVIS, ET AL Lb 6b7D was interviewed by Special Agents at the Springfield Office INTERVIEW WITH on September 10, 043 « has been engaged in the occupation of coal mining or associated in the activities of unions regard\ ye sal or ears. ance, and will make = Cooperative witness as far as the Government's case is concerned. During the pertinent periods which are covered by this investiga- tion, he was an active official of Local 54, PMA, and attended many of the matin ta woanon thn mien oe ta a meetings in which attempts were made to 1 eopen tie Mine ana to contract with CARL HLSHOFF and OSCAR FALCETTI. With regard tc it should be noted thet he was one of those convicted in the mine case during 1937, and served a two year term in a Federal institution from the middle of 1939 until September 1940. The statement which was executed by is as follows: "Springfield, Illinois September 10, 1943. "TI, make the following voluntary statement to Special Agents Cmmmof the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation. “My mame is ever since I was years of age have been uid ge coal mines oF gcged in activity related to the coal mining industry. I first went to work for the Mine B Cocl Company, Springfield, Illinois, unde. the management of Carl H. Elshoff in 1931. At that time and prior, I was a member of the United Mine vorkers. However, when the Progressive Mine Workers of America formed their union in the fell of 1932 I joined them. At that time I was a member of Local No, 54, PMA, in Springfield, Illinois, which had jurisdiction over the Mine B Conl Company. In the fall of 1932 the entire mambership of this locel, except one man by the name of | | voted to go with the "To the best of my recollection the relationships between the PMA and the management at Mine B were good fram 1932 until the Spring of 1937, All grievances and difficulties arising were handled in accordance with settled procedure and there were no work stopages or strikes during this ver- iod, I personally became aware of some agitation in Local No. 54 on the part of ten or twelve men early in April of 1937. The contract which the PMA had ~ 418 -