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ee a ee ce ee nl nag ar ete eco "me : . : " . wae Te at ap ype aT , - : Be RT a mF Pat 4 20 Ru: JOUN L. LOIS, ET Ab and collected manner and ood recollection as to the events which took a at the tine of the strike and which he had personal knowledge of. peaks broken En lish, but seemed to grasp th- meahing of ques ons quickly, and Was ver, cooperative at the time of this interview. It is believed thet _, Wold make a ,ood Witness to testify as to those facts set forth in uri owin., signed statement which he executed at the time of this interview, ",ugust 29, 1943 ' Springfield, Tllinois make the following voluntary statement to and day See = «both of whom have identifieu themselves as being Special accent. of the Federal Burcau of Investigation. No threats + L or bromises have been made to induce ne to nake a statenent. ed . 1 cane to the U. 5, in . and prescatly reside at started workin: for line B in about and joined the F K& at about that time. I have :cvar hel@any office in any union. “shen I first started workin; at Hine 4% the union was gctting along fine with the company and the union office's seomed to be good men. I never attended many of the union mectings so I cannot ive much iniormation as to what the union was doinz. Re OS "T wag horn 8 1 "Seforc the time of the strike I had heard rumors that some of the Progressive men were acting as spies for the U. M. . but I don't know vhat these men were doing befor. the strike, I think that TompyDillon was president of our local at that time and as far as I was conccrned our union was being run in a good manner. I recall some meabers of the Prourcssive hetna aerret A tn 14:6 far Konohineg andl Tf mting and T know that most ofr aA aise, ata heer A ded a7 JU ah VV Ca ai, deh le the Fro.russive mon felt that these sen had been francd by the United, but car pive no exact reason why we all felt they had b..u framed. Our union fees wore about right and evcryone seuned to be petting along fines Up to the time of the strike I didn't sce or heur of any , icket line being set up by the U. Ma he ' . “ . "A list of twelve names has boen read tO ne by Alon mo , T renmbor that I hud heard all of these men were supposed to be working for