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| Re: JOHN L, LEWIS, ET AL. NIERVIEW WITH 4as interviewed Special Agents ie cppoared cooperative possessed no iniormation of value. He could be used, however, if desirable, to testify to those matters contained in the following statement, which he furnished. "Sept. 9, 1943 Springfield, Tl, nT, make the following voluntary statement to a both of whom have identified themselves pecial agents of WV ederal Bureau of Investigation, No threats or promises have been made to induce me to wake any statement. ce ro rec? 4+ now I was first employ oat -aienaidlad = plein Miiemeeaied CaS et ae eye She SS ae. the early spring of 1940 and quit in the spring of 1942. I was working at just before I went to work at Wine B and wanted to qui eceuse 1 nasn't making any money at the I vent out to see Hushoff quite a few times before I finally a job. I never knew: Elshoff very well, al knew him j ere ab ia a job working nights as a clean up man. [J had never been a be any coal miners union before I worked there. "As I recall it now, I worked there about two weeks before I joined the U.M,.. I believe Bohannon was president of the local and a man by the name of ie ae asked me to join, I was not threatened in any way by anyone to Join any union, I was not approached by anyone from Frogressive to join their union, J figured U.M.W,. were in the majority and joined them because of that fact, and also because I was_asked to join progressive, I heard there was a lot of fighting after 1 first started but since I was working nights I didn't sce many of those men, After I worked there for about six months I was given a job as digger. "Since I was a roofer by trade I decided I would try and zt a job at that business, After the fire at line B in 1942 I decided that was a good time to quit so I got a job with th "I voted in the NLRB election in 1941 and as far as I know every= thing was all right. I do not know anything about the strike in 1937. When I first started at line B there was nothing said by either Elshoff or Falcetti as to what union I should join and I never saw any acts of favoritism by them towards cither union. » 206 -