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Re: JOHN L. LEIS, ET Ab . acents asa gpod potenti- -l witness due 6 his above avoraze intel ld = ronec O for a minor, yood appearance, and = ed ability tc express hinsclf. He is inclined tu be vorbose and st-te his ¢ nelusions as facts. Be give information as sut forth in th followine simed statement: “"Springtielé» ni I rrke the foll dnc statencnt to : ral Burcw of Investirction. Mo prasiscs, thr. nts, orc natdoration of any kind his beun nade to me Aad any part of this statcuent. "I first Jpined the J nT Rolls un when re fe $2 linc B. I Joined the Procrossive Line rarkers of Ancries dn 1932 whon thé"ine wont over from t “ae thot tino vent over, bat did not particularly rant to change ‘unions. I chanzgec becnuse I wanted to follow the najority. I was not satisfied with the Pins of 4 at thet tinc. Tho check offs wero too high. I also thought th-t there wes no sense in havince tivo unions. I alvays felt that wry, and told hoover asked me about it exectly what I folt about improvec as far 1s thetheck offs wore emcerned, but T still ranted to hove only onu Union. In ny opinion quite a fow of the mon at the mire folt the samc as I did. Befcre tho strike there worc sovoral nen who had si:ned up with the Unitec ifine Torkers. Nome of then over tilked to ne, but I understand tht at the tine cf the strike there was a mijority of nen signed up with the ULM. I do not know because I didnot sue the records, or tcolked to thy nen... . * BT "In 1932 when the PIT was. formed, Bishoff scemed to favor the “Tyee Pif.. His favoritism sencd to follow for guveral years and then I- = noticed that ho chanced ower to favoring the UN. I do not recall any + epecific acts thet .ceurred to favor the Ui nen. Thore were not many £ of thea in the mino, an? he could not do- ton much, but it sconed as if b he was favorine then odin. ' ra ; ot Me . ; 1 ia 140 *. ad a ‘ * “ot _ ~ ™ x -* , 2 * By roe 7 : 2 : - C ghae ai this matter. A c~mple of yours bef-re tho strike in 1937 this situction tho have identified thenselves make this statemcnt, Ian willinz, if neecssary, to co to court and ropeat pat Ten ‘ who resides in his ~m hore a. on a Hinotey | Fis intervi “wed at the See inet tc a, a -