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4 t | t z CG” O RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL. 7 —— i. = —— eer Was cvaaetin . at his home by Special Acont 7D as very cooperativ MAKG A FOOd W. 5 inasmuch as he was away when Mine 4 changed from PaiéA to Mis. rp crteed has no known criminal records He furnished the following signed statements "Springfield, Ill. September 15, 1943 Springfield, Till. do voluntarily m owing statement to Special = a of the Federal Bureau of . No threats or promises cf any Kind were made to cause me to make this statement. [ 5 ae +t “I wes born in If ing in the mines in presen am & member o where 1 am employed as a trip rider. JI heve been an employee of Mine & since 1933 or 1934. Before starting at Minc 4 I had joined PA while working at Peabody Mine #59 in 1932. I was in favor of the split and the new Pils at that time and they always treated me alright. “I found out about Mr. Ryan selling the mine to Mr. Elshoff from the newspaper and from a letter Mr. Ryan sent to all the miners, It made me kind of sick when I first found out about it as I figured that we were going to have trouble again. “Up till the time Mr. Ryan sold Mine 4 he was getting along fine with Pls and I was satisfied with FA at that time, "J don"t recall any rumors to the effect that Mr. Elshoff was going to close down Mine 4 and hoist the coe] through Mine B, or that Mine A would open only if the miners joined Ui. "T attended one mecting at FilA Headquarters where tho men dis~ cussed what was going to be dcne about the sale of the mine. The regular Pha officials were in charge of the meeting. The meeting was just sort of , an uproar and nothing much was done. The men decided to d_ see how ae t ing to como out. dbout that time I went iin f muiibiiininie: worked a few days and when I came bac @ mine ; was running againe . “I heard that the men had one or two meetings after I left and - 529 -