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wo Dae a te eae Nee kee ee er eee ee Sra ree Pe: JOM’ L. LIS, ET AL jointly interviewed at his Special Agents on Septamber 15, and therefore is not easily TSR TS. WITH 1943. This vitness speaks broken mglish, -unders+ood. He appeared to have no knowledge of pertinent facts and would not appe:r co be a good titness, He furnished the following signed Statenent: - "Springfield, Dllinois September 15, 1943 meke the folloring voluntary statement to whom I know to be Special Agents of tne Federa Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. "J was born ma the United States in -: was naturalized a 11¢ayo, Dllinois ——- Ian presently enpleyed in Mine A as a digrcr, and Live at =a Springfield, Illinois. : purcau o Whe first ming union I joined ras the United Mine Lorkers of America vnich Will be referred to bepoinatter as the UI. I joined this union at "I do not renmenber exactly when I started working in Mine A, but I think it vas in a <= before the Progressive Wine Workers of Amcrica ortanized at [fine 4. This union will be re- ferred to hereinafter as the Pili. "] started working at that mine under the UN. I was in favor of the PUL organizers at the mine in 1932, because everyone said it vould be better than UM:. JI did not sec my difference. J vas satisfie- with the Pit,, and liked to rork under that union, NY did not care whether Elshoff or Ryan operated the minc, TI just wanted to rork. \.hen the majority of the miners joined the UM. in 1941, I joined too. I knew that Elshoff wanted the UM. in this mine from talking rith other miners. "Tho miners liked to vork under the Pit, before 1941. These miners Were 2s satisfied as I vas, working under the PHA. "T heard mincrs say that Flshoff said he vas going to try to operate Mine 4. through Nine B. "T attended the two Pil, mectings held at the PHA Wall, - 509 «