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Samat tte re ee ei F i Fe: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL. iis, Springiie inois, tas interviewed by Speci rents ng on Soptember 13, 1943. Inasmuch as ias not at adine A a inent time he has no information of v executed by here is sect forth below the statement "Springfield, Tlinois September 13, 1943 "I, make the following voluntary state- ment to and both of rhon I know to be Special Agents in The Federal Bureau of Investigation, No threats or promises have been mad Oo induce me to make a statmicnt, I vas bom and started mining at Mine &£ in &t that tine I joined the United Mine Workers and I have never held an office in any union. In 1932 1 doined P.i.4. I joined vhen the rest of the miners did but it made no differenec to me whet union I belonged to. I worked wmder PLA. until I quit mining in the spring of 1940, bhan I left Mine A I ¥as Sctisfied with P.lA. left Vine « becauge T couldn't make .enough knot nothing concerning the switch back to U.M.i. by the miners at Minc 4. I have read the above statement and declare it to be true and correct. /s/ Titnesses /s/ Special Agents, FBI U.S. Dept_ of Justice" ~ 258 - ae nea 7