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REs JOHN L. LEWIS, EBT aL. 14, 1943 by Special agents stoted ne did not have 4 orimine] record. Rnelish wel! end would make a fuir witnosse signed stovemunt to agontss He furnished tho following "Springfield, Ills, Septembor 14, 1943. Ills, muko tho following voluntury e%e.oment to apd weecsoreae whan I mow to bo Speoial agonts v edoral Buronu of Invcstige one No foros, threats or rromisea havo boon made in obtaining this statcnent und I know that what I may say muy be ‘usod in a court of low, TI wos born n ommigraoted to tho U.S. in SJ become o naturalized citizon o U.S, in Se Til. "I beoumo a member of UM! in zuburn, Ille in and 1 romainod a moembor of UM! wmtil ut whioh tine I joined Pil. as UT wanted to out the wuge poole, "T thought Pia was c good union being operated for its mcnber 5» “BE Bepte 1941 I road in the nowspepor that ELSHOFF bought Hine "a" fron RYaN, I thought at thet tino thut Mino "A" would shunge to Wl os I did mot think ELSHOFF would operate Mine os (il und Mine « 48 PMs "“praor to tho tine ELSHOFF bought Mine "4" the onployoos at the mine were sutisfied with Pu. "Jo UIT organizers ottompted to got mo to join WS! uftor ELSHOFF bought Mino "A"e "Tl hoord a rumor among the employoos of Mino a that it wos possible for Mine %." to be opernted through Mine "B" ond BLSHOFF would operate Mino "a" through Hine "B" if une enployoos of Hino "A" did not i join USl» When I hoard that Hino ".." gould bo operctod through : Hino "BY I did not dooided to join US! but decided to wit and see é what happenode — SRA «