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oe ee ay € RE: JOAN L. LEVIS, ET AL. INTSRVIE. “HITH agents stated thet he had been rejected oy the army aus to poor heulth and that_since that time he had not been interested in any type of worke seemed to be highly resentful of \ this foot and it is believed he has a rather distorted view point toward life in general. «although ho stated he had never been arrestid, rs ee he hud been ecoused an several occasions of steuling tools at the ming. It is believed he would make an un- reliable witness. There is being set forth below the signed stute- ment exaouted by "Springfield, Illinois September 6, 1943+ *T make the following voluntary sti-te- ment to un both of whom have identified themsclves Bs speciui agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigations No threats or pronises have boen mede to me to induoe me to muke 6 stotomente "T reside ut Svringfield, Illinois and was born in I hnve lived in Spring- field necrly alt of my lifes € ign school after two years, bout cnd did odd jobs for 4 couple of yearse My fother, ! wus working at Mine 3 and hed been there for about "as I recull I went to work ot Mine B in august, 1940 and worked there until ubout april, 19 I had been working * ust before I we ine a ity futher osked me sf I wonted to go to work at Mine B, I would, sol went out with hime ‘Then I started to work my f:.ther belongod to U. Meje I don't remomber who hired me, but I guess it wos the Superintendent. I went to work us G diggers I don't renenvor just whon I joinod U.Mulle but that was the union I joined. The resson that I joinod Velhstle wos bacuuse I felt thot U.lisi. wos in the majority. J wus nevor beaten or threatened in anywoy to get me to join any umione Tho only fighte Iwig in at the mine wes about some tools I‘wes accused of stonlings "T voted in the NIRB cleotion in the Armory, probably in February 1941, but there wos no trouble und no ane told mo how to votee = 202 -