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ae rm a i ey gs ee rica Aa sell apap en eS =, na em RR ann ne INTERVIEN WITH s interviewed on September lL, friendly and cooperative and would make a satisfactory witness te testify to those matters set forth in the following statement which he executed, TMi. Sept_ 14, 1943 ny ke the following voluntary state- ment to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, No threats o> promises have been made to induce me to make any statement. as my address, er practically all my life anc first joined the Y.N.a, in oul I have never eldia ion office in any wion. I am presertly employed at the eee re are! in Sprirzfield, I started working at Mine A in 1939 ard left the mine in dime of 1943. "I was a member of progressive when I went to ine 4 and as far as I'm concerned all the unions are ali e. I dor't know of any difference hetweer Ul.kL.4, and proeressive, = eee Sees pe eye Sears "i remember that I got a letter from Kyan saying that he had sold kine 4 to flshoff, I thought at first that Slshoff would shut down Mine a and just operate B, I thousht I would be out of a job and 1 krow a lot of the men felt that way. I know that Progressive had several meetings in Springfield after the mine was sold, but I never attended any of those meetings except the meeting at the Elks Club. I lived in livernor and didn't have much chance to go to meetings. "At the e necting at the tlks Club we were led to believe that if the mine wasn't operated by men inthe UMW the progressive men wouldn't be able to work Mine 4, I had heard before the meeting that there was a rumor to the effect that Mine A yas going to be operated through aine B, I had also heard that Mihe 3 might be operated through sine A. It was at this meeting that all our men voted by a standing vote to go over to United. I gugss all the men be felt they would join whichever union operated the mine. I recall : that idmondson talked to us at that time after we had voted. He was called to the hall when the men asked for some assurance that : the mine would operate if they all sizned with U.1L4, ~ £86 -