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Ca . . oo? a ae INTERVIEW WITH 7 Springfield, Illinois, was interviewed at his residence on_S€ tember 8 . 15, 1943, by Special Agents and RENEE «32 8208s coe eee stenss el very well. He is willing to testify. He said he has no criminal record, . The follcwing signed statement was obtained from PY “Springfield, Ill. September 15, 19435, . make the following voluntary statement to whom I know to be Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of investigation, of my own free will, with no threets or promises made to me. Springfield, Ill. and Springfield, »H.A. when T 9, I began working at Mine A in December ~ wo mae "I am livin am working & i was born begen working in the mines i of 1940, and worked until it closed down in the spring of the next year. I had decided to quit, beceuse my health was bothering me, and I didn't plan on going beck to work in the mines. I didn't go to any wnion mest- ings, and don't zanything thet went on in the summer of 1941, However, in thet sumer, iim :- me at the tavern one day and asked me to join the U.M...., that Line & would open up much sooner if I did. I told him I wem't going back to work in the mines, and he didn't sey anything more. in 19 we , ae ee — a oi = Le = rns née foregoing, and state that it is true v />/ Cn te 4 com meme a — — I have réad i o the best of my knowledge. witnesses: Special agents, F.B.I. Springfield, Ill. - 627 -