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ce ee a ee, ne, neem nema Rt cheat nane anemia Aa anna reanimation, rte menemntcidienreleaitaesintn lin tiagte sepa pa I pA I et G O RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL interviewed this interview advised he has nocr entircly cooperative but did not appear to have a very Jood kmiwled.ce of pertinent mettor., He is above avera.c in intelli.ence for a ciner. It is felt that in the event he is callei as a witness he will be only fair, mn -.: the followin_ si_ned statenents = n, . on , sont . Sept. 18, 1943 rn wive the followin,: infornation is why are known to ne t>2 be Special = ents of the FBI, 3 céts or promises have bcen made me to uct me to ‘ive this stetenent. I an workin: at nine 4 48s 2 driver. I have been there about years. I was born I have been a citi,z,cn since ab ut nt - on vacetion when the switch from UM! to PA was made when I came back I] joined PHA. -Thile the PMA was our union I was satisfied with then. . “hen Elshoff bought Mine 4 I (ot a letter tellin: me of this. ‘ihen I ot this I talked with the others and we all felt there was nothin, to d> but .> to U., ki, because “lshoff had teken th: mine over & if wo didn't join ovcr there wouli be n> job for us. At the tine Elshoff took over Mine "4" a couple of fellows from P.N.A. cane to sec me and said they would help us if we stryet out & T diin't join U.N... No onc fron U My cane to see nc. IJ heard that “lshoff vi ht take the coal from Mine "a" through Mine "B" if wo didn't join U.M.w. I don't recall hearin, that Elshoff would keep mine “ closed if we didn't join U.K... but what I heard amounted to the same thin... Fron hearin: these thin,;s I felt I would have to join UM. Af I wanted to go back to Mine "A" to work. "I attendet = special meetin, at P.M... hall where they had sone . arcunent an a ficht <iswn stairs, The P.iM.a. wen wanted to decide what | we could do about wettin, the mine opened but the officers wouldn't let .us and the nectin, was closed. I fcel the P.M.i. officers should have let the men have a chance to talk all they toll us was to stey at ani not 10 back. “he nen tric to appoint a committee to see what could be done but the officers wouldn't let thon. "T attenied a neetin,: at the Reduans Holl this was to sce if they could vet a najority, ensuzh did not show up s* they had a meetin’ at the Elks Clr». - 281 -