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Re; JOUN L, LEVIS, BT AL. INTE RVIW ITH was intervjgwed by Special Agents and ain September 13, at Springfield, Illinois. ae: : not mentally alert and appeared to be unable to follow a logical ine of questioning. It is not felt that he vould make a desirable yvyitness., He furnished the following statement, "Springfield, Tlinocis September 13, 1943. 5 "Ty make the follering voluntary statement = to an both of vhom I know to be Spec Fonts in the Federal Burcau of Investigation. No threats or promiscs have been made to me to induce me to make a statement. "T was born et itinc A in and started working I am still omployed there and now reside at I joincd U.N... when I started at Ifinc_A and wed, Then the rest of the nen did, I joined PHA. becausc the majority did.and I had no perticular feeling for one union over the othcr, P.M.A. got along all right with the men and the com- pany. tIn the spring of 1941 the mine shut down and that summcar I learned that dlshoff had bought iiine A. I got a letter from Ryan telling of this, and it wes also in the paper. No one approachod me to join Ue. » and I didn't givc it much thought, "Somctime in Scptamber I sav a notiec in the paper telling of a mecting of the mon at ifinc A to be held st the £lk's Club. I attended this meeting vhich I felt vas to be held to sea what Would be done about opcning Hine A. Nearly all of the nen from Mine 4 Tere at this mecting. The nen tore talking among themselves for a Fhilo and finally somconc, I don't remember who, got up and said re should vote and see if the fellovs ranted to mo back to UMW. & standing vote was taken and the men voted to join U.H.W. The men cleetad officers then, and Edmundson cance over and talked for a while. Ve all signed up for U.M.1. then, r- "I joined UH... because the rest of the fcllovs did, and also, bo : I had bolonged before and never had any trouble vith then, "T have road the ebove statenent and declare it to be true and correct. /) “itnesscs /3/ Spocial Agonts, FBI ! U. S, Dept. of Justice" , . - 261 -