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a en sem mr! a mage C - 5 RE: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL -On September 18, 1943 Special 4 en an.) inte INTORVIE | a a s hone, aivisec that he was not @ catzen of U. 8S. cameras! bad an excellent reecllection of pertinent events and if it were not for the fact he is an alien vith a would make a fine witness. Hc was n st fricnily and entirely cooperative at the tine 2f this interview. Po gave the followin,; si.ned stateuente Sept. 18, 1943 ave the followinz infornation to | reer 1, ‘"s a tor ty he Seertal «2 pate af ae hed wit hehe lal steadied bod TO _—— iT af 7~ awe. wae Tillis fad Hebb / PbS td an he halle Be ____. _t ; the F.B.f,. N: threats -r promises have been matic to procure this statement. TT was born I cance to the U.S, when I was I an nw applyin: for my citizenship papers. I i % 32 to abut July 1942 as a di:cr. I have nw been back since about Feb, or March. JI went over to P.tLA. in 1932 at the tinc I didn't knxr such about it s> I just went alon: with the rest. I hat little proferance at the timc. I rea? 4n 1941 about Elshoff buyin: - Mine "A5, It aidcnft make any difference wh> owne\ the Mine I was just Womlcrin: when it would rcopen, I was always satisfiec with the way P.M.i. nanilei thins at Mine A". At the time “lsh ff bu ht Mine %." I was not approsche.. about . oln.: to U.K. I heard runors that “lshoff micht operate mins A thru Mine B, I felt I woult be «ut of a job, that he wol:! necha- nise then an. make ne mine cut of t hear? rumors thet “Lshoff would only vperate nine A as a U.U.. mine iia. us that he would sce Elsh ff abmt this at the last P.M.A. meetin. hen I heard about this I felt that if I could .et another job I would never .;o back. sort of appointe i hinsclf to sec Elshoff. At one of the last P.M.4. nott~ in.s there was a fi ht or scuffle, I heard of the meetin, at Reidmans Hall T heard of the meetin. at the up but cidn't ¢. there. & Was not a mnenber of any committes and J nid not ,}o to Elshiffs office or Edimmisons after the Elks meetin. I geine’ the U.M.w. at the Miners Bld. on the 7th floor. “hey had a majority en] aoe dy formed a lucal ani there was nothing for us ty do but sin up. eni::. there and he tol: us wo noed not worry ubout any picket or any- The, his ocetin. was hell t> ;ive us a last chence to -» over to U.M.W. - 287 -