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rE e RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ETAL . INTERVIEW WITH wae oooperative bu denied ev ne ecause of his on af- filiati ons a: no known oriminal reoord. urnished the following signed statement. ep er 16, 1945 ey, Tll., do voluntarily make the Tollowing statement to specia ants ond of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. No or promi my k2nd have been made to oAuse me to make this statement and I know that the same can be presented in a court of law. "I was born in emigrating to America in I was naturalized in an presently employed at Panther Creek #5 and belong to PMA. J have been a Progressive since in started in 1932. ~~ "I hay, orked at either Mine A or Mine 8B. However, in the summer of 1940 who was working at Mine B told me that Mine B was going to hire some men, and I was looking for work so I went out and talked to OSCAR FALCETTI. Mr. FALCETTI told me that he didn't need any men. He didn't asked ms what union I belonged to or where I had worked before. There was other men there that morning and he turned them all down for the same reason. "I have read the above statement and it is true and oorrect. /»/ is Witnessed: ° Speoial Agonts, FBI, Springfield, I11."