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RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, Ef AL ” ERVIEW i TH s jointly interviewed by Special Agents at his residence Aa pringfield, inois. He appeared w. ing to fully answer the questions put to him, but his age and lack of inter- est in the affairs of the unions involved in this matter rreveated the taking of a complete statement including the pertinent facte involved. He would not make an accepteble witness for these reasons. SR 20r 25. 200 the following signed statement: “Springfield, Illinois September 15, 1945 1, Se .n< 2 t).2 following voluntary statement to aa whom I know to be Execial Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. 5. Department of Justice. entered the United States i _ “Iwas born in Sy 4 and wes naturalized at Sprinzfield, Illinois - and living sg Springriold, 111- jnois. T ata = 1 a +h Th. "The first mine union 1 joined was t S ica Which will be referred to hereinafter as the UM. I joined the Jefferson Mine, Springfield, I11. in "I sterted working at Mine A about MMMM I worked there contin- uously until . r 1941 "It made no difference to me whether I worked under the Progressive Mine Workers of America which will be referred to hereinafter as the FMA or the Uv. It was all right as far as I am concerned when the FHA organized at Mine A and the Uid¥ lost their bargaining rights in 1952. "li an rt > =. 6 Li” estaliatel "I saw a notice in the newspaper that Elshoff was the new operator at Mine A, "I did not attend many PMA or UM¥ meetings. I did not attend any meetings in the Fall of 1941 when the question arose a8 to whether the mine would be operated under the PMA or UM with Elshoff as the operator. ice and in the last few years I have coal digger in Mine A. I always ~T r