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See. oe EE , s ‘Loan’ to | _ FBI Is Working ¢ on 1 Case;-That a ‘Explains His ‘Pleasure’ Trip to Illinois By Goxnon H. Couz PM's Beress WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.— ohn L. Lewis, resident of the United Mine Workers, is innocent of any charge that he used gasoline Tor pleasure driving on his recent trip to Springfield, H.—even thoughhe spent 36 hours visiting - his 84-year-old mother, Mrs. Anna Lewis. A eT Bae nr Any public re on the OPA investigation of trip will exon- ment os ewis of all charges and ehow WSU ac wis G1 Guar ges €0G S04 that the mine union chiefs drive from Alexandria, Va., to the Mlinvis coal fields was no pleasure jaunt. Covered It Up Lewis drove to Illinois on busi- ness--business that he chose to cov- ‘ er up by his remark to a reporter at Decatur, Ill, that he was just mother, Le: BAe as pennits him to use his Buich for He" IT hank far woecline BAIS ow OOGR EOF Beso aine > union business. The fact is that Lewis went to Springfield becadse agents of the were there checking into the ‘finan- cial and On between Lewis’ un- don and tl ine B Co., a coal oper- ator that engage costly lockout fing to oust the rival uni Ninois coal fields. Listed as Loan The case is scheduled to be p sented to @ grand jury at Spring next few weeks, from Federal Bureau of Investigation in a long and members of a rival AFL union at a time when Lewis sibility that the union leaders con- spirea ibegally 0 deprive empoyes of the Mine B Co. a thet civil rights under th ‘Relations Act. iat ve arantes t to join ae i of their own choice. - A written law put on the books in 1870, principally to break the Ku Klux Klan, m. ces such etm driving up to Springfield to see his | piracy ill It was fn same law that was | used to aid the UMW in 1938—the year of the Mine B lockout—dur- ing the prosecution of coal opera- ors in Harlan County, Ky. The ustice Dept. fost that case becamee he jury was unable to agree. Conviction under this law carries criminal penalties Evidence of the financia) trans- action between the UMW and the ass. Hm. ree Bowe Aten. een NGC VA). Was O73. Poot by agents of the U. SAlyeasury De- partment during an jnvestigation of Lewis’ and the UMW books in a tax matter. The facts were referred to the White House and thence to the Justice t. for prosecution. Jus- they were © attempting to persecute. Lewis for political reasons, delayed B Co. some $350,000 at about the action in the case wo long thet there \* time of the lockout that enabled have been c' neglecting theit wy inthe mater ee eee eee —a— FBI investigation was “Els president of the Mine is reported to have paid $1000 the ci ek exclusive | berganing r The FBI ts favestigating the pos. ALL IN; CRRSTION CONTAINED HERE: CATE Bh ay, SNGLf SFE BY gl be 213 This is a clipping from page of PM for Geeg . PD (Ie? Clipped Mt the Seat of Government yop - 99S 4 LNCiC