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Cc -: @ RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL INTERVIE? WITH was intervicwed by Spocial > ity be uncerstooc, an gist of his informeticn is thot if he didn't join Use Me We, he could not work st Mine A. It is noted he has been oa citizen for only a few months. He is not recommenced os o witness. His stcatenent ie as fcllowss "Springfield, Illinois Soptembor 18, 1943 @ tho following voluntary etatemont to knowiac thom to be Special Agents in ecercal Burcau of nvesticstion. Ne throats or pronisgs have been made tc me to induce me to mke a strtorent. I resico ot a nd um prosently employed at Mino A. "I wes bern in S. in BRR ne becam & Ue mings most of my 1ifs anc started at kine * in abcut Icamo tothe Ue I have worked in the joined Ue Me We. whon 1 first stoartec mining. I ane in 1932 I joined Trogressive. “In September cf 1941 I got a lotter from Ryan telling that he hed sclc Mine A to Elehcff. I did not feel very good about this because thincs hed beon geoc undor PF. He a« and wo got along well with Ryan. "TI went to severt] meotings, I dc nct undorstané English very well, but I romomber they seid they woule close Kim A if we didn't join United. We older mon cculc not ret jobs and we wanted to work ct Hine A. They said they might take coal from Hine A through Mino B. The mon liked Frogrossive but the company liked United better. “at another moctine, mybo at the Elk's Club, the mon all held up their hunds for United and the local a1] joincd with U. M. WV. "No ono ever throatonod mo or beat me to make me join a union. I like Propressive becauso I think it is better for the werking man. "This statanont has boonrenc to no by MMB on tt is truc and correct tc the best of my momcry. | x tit. “Witnessed: Special Agents, F. B. Ie, U. S. Dep't of Justice." ous . ~ 611 - er ar) wen ee or Beata ep eee ge we ot -