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ee a -_ <a are ay Mn mone arn nett teeter nin 4 . . ° INTERVIE: wit «© SEREEIIIbwes interviowea by Special agents SR Ce «| =: EE RIE = 2222 voy poor Engiisn, and although he appecred to be cooperative, he apparently dces not have much pertinent information relative to instant case. it is believed ho would be a poor witness, Thore is set forth bolow the signod statemcnt exccuted by “Scpt.e 15, 1945 Springfield, Iil. make the fellewing voluntary statement to gation, lic eeus cr promises have been made to induce me to make any © statement, "Iwas born and become _a U.S. citizen in wa Towerk et Line 4 new and my 6 I have been a momber cf tho U.N... since my life. I started working at Mine 4 in abou po ares "in 1932 when the rest cf the mon joined Progressive I also signed up for that union. I thought the FLA wes a good union. I remomber thet Kine a was shut dcovm in the spring of 1941 and some time in the lato summer I heard thet Ryan sold Line 4 to “lshoff. "I heard that the PLA had some mectings in the fall of 1941 after the mince was sold, but the cnly one I attended was the one at tho Elks Club. Jt was at thet meeting that the men decided to join U.k.n. "I didn't want to join the U.N... but I saw thet all the rest cf the men were joining sc I decided to join up becauso I didn't want to lose my jcb, Ldmondson gave a nice talk at the mecting. He said he was glad we were coming beck to the Uehew. and that it wouldn't cost us any- thing. I con't remember any other specches, but there was all kind of talking among the men thet if they didn't join the Ukw they wouldn't work. I also heard some talk abcut the mining of coal from Hine 4 through hine By "I jcined the U.M,w, union that night at the Elks Club because they said I eculdn't get ancther job, Sinoe I was an old man I figured I had better sicn up, No force was used to make me sign up other than the above. “This statement has beon rcai to me by Say =: it is true to the best of my memorye -. # )/ » Special Agents, F.B-1., U.S, Dopt. of Justice, * Titnessed: - S91 - — ee ee ee one sae TY Te om | r