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Re: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL INTEPRVIE’ WITH about. I didn't go back to the mine again until the mine opened in Nov. of 1939. ‘ (continued tI believe it was in the paper that the mine was open so I.went back and started in working again at job. I guess I had been working a few months when Bowling Green, and a man whose nick name was ae me. One day at the mine, op of the mine, said he wanved to talk to me. He started pushing me and then these men all jumped on me and hit me until I passed out. Tre se same men had been to my house several times trying to get me to join united. They told me I should sign because everyone was going to sign. Every time they came to my house there was about 5 of them. Yhen I was beaten up by those men I had already signed up with united-- in fact I had been a member far about a month. I want to clarify this beating. My room had caved in at the mine several days before the beating and I called the boss in to see my room. He wanted me to clean up my room, but wouldn't promise to pay me for the labor. I went to work the next day and the boss still said he wouldn't pay me so I just sat around. The next dey I came to get my line check and Oscar Falcetti ° said I was fired. I tried to ret the pit Committee, headed by Baumgartner, to take up mycase. Baumgartner & Bovling Green were supposed to have , inspected my room & they sent my tools up. T went back a few days after I. +% was fired & it was at that time that they beat me up. I never worked at i Hine B after that time. I was out of work for about two years and now work’ for Fanther Creek #2. After looking over my statements I see now that I left Kine B in about June of 1941 so I must have been a member of the United union for some time before the be ting. I have a bad memory for dates, however, i never saw anyone beat up at the mine. "This statement has been read to m by 27° it is true to the best of my memory, /:/ ry ) Special Agents, FBI U.S. Dept_ of dustice" Witnesses - 162 - be Samy ORR Long Pag ET seen tate oe