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a wate QS Re Soe Res JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL The following investigation was conducted by Special dgcnts SS: SE = Springfield, Tllinois, on septembor ai z Lt his reside Springfield, Illinois, agcnts inte; viewed who _— that up until about five INTCRVIC. WITH years G70 o. 80 he also was known which last nome was yg _ ,) ee tik Bo, . . 5. Eee that of his as put that ho legacly nad his Dame changed 0 ey and thot it was origina 1y advised agents C Mcver was convicted of any erime, appeared to be rather intellisent anc ho took great price in telling esents of his activities in connection with MHinc *A*, He would moke a ~ good witness if his testimony is necessary. agents obtsincd from him the following signed atatement: "So Springfield, 7 , " MM, give the following stctonent to > who ore known to me to be Spocial Agonts o the F. B. I. No threats or promiscs have been mado me to procure this etutenont. 4 joincd a mine union I am nor — x1 = = til August 1943 os o driver. "Tl was born "chen the switch camo in 1932 we didn't want to go over to PMLA. put it looked like there was nothing clss wo could do. I took no active part in this. From 1932 to 1941 thero was always somo who wanted to return to UM, I was one of thom. There was no certain group but you could toll the Way some of thom fclt they wanted to go back. Thore was no i active organizing or agitation to return to U.M.W, PHA, local 51 was t just like any other union as far as I mow, Kine A was closed each yoar for a sensonal shut down, Therc wags me rumor then the minc ahut dow that the union would be changed to U.M.v, Tho first I kmow was when along in the fall it came cut in the papors that Elshoff had bought the mine. Aftor this was in the paper overy man you mct on the street scemed to ~ 502 -