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v 3 RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ETAL ; IPTORVIFS? VilT pringfiocid, Jllinois, was intorviawo cet on Scptombur 18, 1943, by Special agout i ond retan’s Fs ‘Jish vory Wolle | ae | Tho sttc.or= Bat forth bolow wus road by who veetod that ovory~ Rei thing ic it as true. Ecwovor, ho doslinoc ~o sign it without giving any “st ransons. Jt jis bosievod his position on tag U.M.W. Pit Committoo my havo yee influonead his refusal. | = " Epringfiold, Til. Soptombor 18, 1943 ~ ny colo tho followings steato- pen ment frosly and voluntcrily to at as who b hove identified ther3ulres to mo as Special Jgurus os tho Fodoral Buroau of Investigation. Ke thronts or premisos hive boon mado to me to obtain this statumont. 42 prasently reside et Sprin fio, are and am omployod in Mine .. JI was born on Ke aa ee "tn 1932 I baran to work at Mino A undor the Unitod liino Workers, «. fow months lator I join 2 tho Progrossivo Mino Workors cf Amorica when thoy obtainod the barcaining contract with Mino 4. In 194) I rojoinod tho U.2.%. it prosont I om on tho Pit Committoo for U.MW. pot Mino a. "T don't know ny roasons for tho switch from U.M.T. te P.M... in 1932. Iwas net too satisfied with P.M.i. at Mino 4 dbooauso it soomcd to mo thet the unicn didn't ovon try to onforco tho rights of the minors undor their contruct. "tn Soptombor 1941 I rond in the nowspopor that : ty. ELSHOFF bouzht Mine A from Mr. RYAN. it tho timo I did not think that aa Hino i would epon up beoauso I thought that ELSHOFF would try to oporato ao Mino A thrcuch Mine B. at that tinc Mino B did not havo sufficiont focilitios ond oquipmont t> got full production from both Mino A and Mino Bat theo same tinc. Beforo ELSHOFF bought Mino A, I hoard somo mon say that Mino & eould bo operatod through Mino Be “Mino B wis t nowor mins, ond tho shaft of Hino B n t n then tho sahoft of Mine 4. Tf wos roo ily cicsor t BAN; Mino ai tha shof thought I would got a a job at Mino B if thoy attomptod to mino Mino A through Mino Be I know that I would have tc join U.M.W. in ordor to work at Mino B, I did not hoor ony rumors that Mine 4 would bo oporated only with U.M.W. mone - 520