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-——INANCIAL DEAL BY JOHN LEWIS - PROBED BY FB Charge He Paid Mtinois; Mine Company to Break Rival Union. BY EDWIN AXLAHEY. Bpecial Diateh from Stall Correaponden “Washington, Aug. 26.—The F Bureau of Investigation dertaken an investigation of cial deali between John. ix and th Mine B Coal Ca.' in Springfield, Bl, it was learned here today. The facts in the case’ will be laid before a grand jury) jn Springfield late in September: or early in October, it was further, . learned. As previouly revealed in The Chicago Dally News, th in- Volves & subsidy of th eB Co. by the United Mine Workers to reimburse the company for the’ losses suffered the lockout af members of th ve Mine Workers, an AF.ofL. group which revolted from the Lewis, leadership in“1832. The amount of money paid to the company by: the union, it is now learned, was in the neighborhood of $356,000. ‘The lockout in question took place _ fp 1938. _ - Case Couses Cabinet mit ’ The cose has already caused a - glight rift between Secretary off ‘SE treaty Morgenthatrstt-nt- ms 2a metiicte emer Mane AEs we with possible violations of the old civil rights statute of 1670, passed fo bresk the Ku Elux Elan, but} pever invoked very successfully. ; Barlan County (ES) OS foal prosecuted =| ended in a jury disagreement. The; + statute provides cri =i bic. ties for a conspiracy to deprive: | tizens of their civil rights, in : is case fhe Dlinois miners who ould have been sc derprived in ‘ e event of a conspiracy to union. Listed as a Toes.’ Incidentally, it was this FAL ‘ investigation which brough Lewis ; ‘to Springfield recently, where he 7 ; became involved with the OPA,! _ . Te wy | following the complaint of ett . moet me 1 the Sd a & ¥ , sy » Op ROE ‘16 60 SEP 1 Gea we ge ee