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td Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL. INTERVIEY wITH Tilinoi 4gent an Gas ::: cooperative but it is not believed that he would make a good witness because of his lack owledge of pertinent facts and events in the Mine "A" deal. has no know criminal record. He furnished the following signed statement, Till. September 17, 1943 "Ty Iii., do voluntarily and statement to Special Agent No threats or promises have been made to cause me to make this statement, and I know thet it may be used in court. 7 i was bon 1: SII 202 stares . in the mines in joining Uli.4 at that time. Starved at Mine A in and have workec there cortinually since, I am presently employed as a driver. ‘ 3 ive the lowin “I was at Mine « when the whole group joined up with PMA in 1932, I thought PMA was alright. "I learned about the sale of Mine A through a letter from ir, Ryan, when 1 got that letter I thought 'there goes my job’. . “J didn't hear any talk to the effect that Mine A wouldn't open unless all the miners joined UMJA or that ar. Elshoff was going to work Mine A through Mine B, "They hac a meeting at Pai Neadquarters to discuss this situation and it erded in a dispute and a couple of men got beat up. After that the dine A men held another meeting at Redmans Hall, but I never attended that meeting. I also heard about the meeting at the Elks Club where the nen switched over but 1 didn't go to it. "T returned to Mine A the day it opened and signed up UMIA, there was no work that first cay because some of the men were undecided or didn't know about the change, I would rather have rerained PMA but I had to join UvA to keep my job and I needed my job. I noticed that the miners got more docks under UA than under PMA. The present policy is if you load 6 cars you don"t get any docke. "J have read the above statement consisting of 1% pages. The same is true and correct. —_ TT } "Witnessed: Special Agents, F.B.I., ; - 424 « Springfield, m2." Te tte pe oe stn ee eater + ene le ne eR Py SA lin ear aera arama, anes tsi Ne ne