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RE: JON L. LEIS, ET AL Soringfield, rrcevie : 717" Se Tilinois, was interviewed at inois by & cial Agents and on pe‘rtember 8, 1943 is able to oy S$35¢ak and understand En;lish well and would make a fair witness. MBM ; 2:26 ne did not have a criminal record. - BEEPS niches the following statement: "Tiliopolis, Ill. Septenber 8, 1943 ngfield, Ill., make the fo i whom I know to be Special Agents of the Federa are end Tee No force, threats or promises have been made in obtaining this statement and I know that what I may say nuy be used in a court of law, » opri fT was born I am now employed av the I have bien euployed #I was emploved at Mine "BY in the fall of 1)40. Prior to that time I was emplorved by at $18 ver month, I was employed at Mine "Bi in order to make more monzy. My father, deceased, got mo a job at Mine "BY, helping him dig coal. I joined U few days prior to the time I went to work at Mine "Bt, 3 father gave me the application card so that I could join U iil. My Yathcr joined U if i about the same time I did. Ido not know whether my fethcr joined Y MY sO that I could get a job at Mine "Btt or not. Union matters were never discussed between my father and I. ~ ke When I went to work at Mine "B" J thousht almost ail the miners were membersof UM. I heard that some of the miners were threatened and beat be-~ cause they did not want to join ..U U7, but I did not see them threatened or beat. "J took no “ntcrest in union activities and I ncover rorked in a minc prior to the fsll of 1940. "J did not vote in the N.L.R.B. clection in Feb. 1941 as J was sick at the time and it made no differcne. to me whether I voted or not. My father died about tvo weeks after I went to work at Mine "B", therefore, hc never furnished me any information about thc union activity. After my father's death I was employed at the mine after my father's death as a trapper. I stoppcd working at Mine "B"’ in the Spring of 1742 as the conditions in the mine were not. good for my health, ~- 217 = ct ee rrr me ey int peters: ertet tea re Te ema at ro a