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oC ae wha ws =~2e - individuals that they were hostile ta the Government's case. Tt may be that some of these individuals purposely withheld giving information. Only six of the miners interviewed were openly hostile and refused to pive any information to Agents of this Bureau or refused to give any in- formation that might be derogatory to John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Dnion. It is interesting to note that on September 6, 1943, charLee\ohannon, President of the UMW local, Springfielc, Tilinois, and an attorney for the UMW Union, began some activity attempting to advise the miners not to give the 5 Governnent any information in this case; however, at this date most of the miners have bean interviewed and it does not appear that this ectivity has materially affected the investigation. PAYMENT OF $225,000 TO CARL H. ELSHOFF BY LEWIS The principal subjects in this case have not been interviewed by Agents of this Bureau to date, and it is not contemplated that this will be done until a specific request for such action is received from the Department. An accounting report submitted by the Springfield Office indicates that during the period the mine was closed, the actual mining and maintenance costs amounted to $115,586.34, exclusive of salaries and benefits to Car] H. pls n the amount of $34,824.25. vestigation to date has shown that there was no the time it was not in operation. ALLECED PLACEMENT OF 14 SPIES IN THE PROGRESSIVE MINE WORKERS UNION BY SUBJECT LEWIS Prior to the strike which closed Mine B on May 12, 1937, Mine B wes a closed shop mine under Progressive Mine Workere contract, Investigation 4