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Re: JOH: L. LEWIS, ET AL Fa : submitted a cory of s notice to Local Hea’ showing the misstatement by {| ELSHOFF concerning the temporary agreement signed April 2, 1957; also, o copy of a mimeographed letter dated May 25, 1937 and addressed to enployo4s | of Mine "B" and signed by ELSHOFF. These papers arc boing rctained in th files of the Springficld Ficld Division. co sce was bors SR? is a noturalized citizen. It is not beoliev ee Would make a poor witness due to his inability to speak English very 1] Qa Re has no known criminal record. The following is the signod statement obtsinod tron FD “Springfield, Ill. September 8, 1943 "TI, » make the following voluntary statement to who are Special Agents of the Federal Burcau o sStization. xo a or promises of any kind have been made to get me to make 2 statement and I do so knowing that it may be used in 2 court of law, "T was born Jul (Si I beoame Go ne Sprinzficid, Ill. » a — I cam to Unit:d Statcs in meno! U. Sy “I began working in the e722] mincs in and in gon working in the mincs as: which timo I joincd United era union. JI bigan working et inc "B" naz Ea "Before Progressives was formed thore was no trouble at Nine "B" thet I kmow of. J was never an officcr of any union. I joined P,ii.A. in 1932 because the majority of the men changod from U.M.”. because the ballots vere Btolen st a U.N. clection. “15 for as I rceall the mine worked OK and there was no trouble with the officials and the union after F.M.4,. was formed until the strike "I attondsd mest of the P.M.A. meetings. Becfore the strike in 1937, I kmow of sevcral mon who vere spying at the mine for Falsetti. - 14 =