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.7 7 t 7 ci. 7 . i + RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL Se |; r Tlinowe _ eee ” ae eeertence on. i , 9, 1943 by Special agents and 5 een memory o B Whic ppen 8 employed at Mine Be He understenda English very well and oan express himself intelligently ond ocherentlye In the interview ho related most of his experie oluntarily without i being questioned spcoificsally on each point. ain is anxious to { testify beoause he feols that he has been injurod by tho actions of individuals at Mine B, He stated that ho once spent throe days in jail | for &n ineident which happonod noar « mine when a state of martial lew wos in offcot, but he said thot hc docs not know what ohurge woes placed against hime He eloims that he wos meroly 0 bystander on a public sidewnlk, and when he refusod to move on tho request of & soldior ct the minc, he wos tuken to joil. has in his possossion a lottor fran Ce H. ELSHOFF duted January ev, 1941 in which ELSHFF stetos thet the minc oanpuny will not be responsible for modioul bills ‘in connco- tion with the occurrence at this mine on Jonucry 26, 1941', the day on which i < s atteeked by ha otherse Tho following signed staterncent wes obtained i, "Springfield, Ill. September 9, 19436 _ __—_*y, ek tho following voluntory statomnt to CEES UII Pe Bees te Be Sprodal Agente of the Fedcral Burcau o yestigution, of my own froc will, with no threats or promises madc to mge ; ‘ "I livo + Springficid, Illinois and om not working at tno present timc. wes born cemeresrrn ond oume to tho United States tm 93 I Minc Workers at In 1932, while working et Mine B, 1 joined the Progressive Mineforkors of Ameriot. I novor held an office in any wnion. I started work ut Mince B in 1929, ind workod there until Januury of 1941. “In 1937, just before the strike, twonty~five men ot Mino B switched from the P.MoAs to the U.Helfe Same of thesec mon hid, hold minor offiecs in tho P.Mei. union, suoh us membors of pit cammittoos, _gricvanoc committees, and things of thut nuturoe These men workod on the P.M.A too strongly, and wore romoved fran their positions. In April of 1937, ELSHOFF refusod to sign « contruot with tho P.MeAe, but * - 168 -