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Tal SRE TO yee rsa a iin 2 \ JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL » NINTERVIEW WITH Tha follow ation was conducted by spedias - \ ay Agents oe aT - Ay - Tilinoig on Augus ,» 1945. mem eee Ns After making various ae conte ST pot "not at his residence, Ban Illinels, and he advise has never been arrested ° _ Ft It is feit that would meke a fiir witnese if called. gave agents following signed statamentd - = August 29, 1943« nvesti~ Ag : gation, U. S. Department of Justice. No force or pranises have been made me to give this statanent. , oe and cams to UT. 5S when about er many years @g0e I worked , yoars and quit there about . * and teceme & a ny at line B in Springfield, I11,, for about J in Jan. SBR end am now working at the *I firet joined the UMW union in % tll. when I was about wm yosrs old and I never hawe held any union offloee When I started at line BI had to join UUY again and it was around in SPE ond os far as I know Elshoff and UST got along together. I never attended their - meetings so dontt know much about ite In 1932 I wanted to go to the Frogrossives bocause I know wo would get better treatment and I still say they are better than UM7. I was helping on a farmwhen thet trouble came so didn't know much about those matters, There never waa any trouble between PMA and Carl Elshoff betwoen 1952 and the time the strike started that I know of, We PHA miners felt that the PMA officials were doing pretty good for us miners, I only attended a few meetings between 1932 and the time the mine closed down, and was not active in the PA affairs. Ae far as I know everything was alright at the ~ Hine B prior to 1937. I dontt know nothing about the PHA men being gonvioted for the bombings. I think PMA officials were running the vaion money affsirp alright and twas well satisfied. I never heard. of any rickets or anything eleg wrong between UT and PiA prior to the — time the ming cj]osade don?t know of any parties being given by Elehoff or Wsie Ft goptt gogeld what We vere told about the wage con= ’ tract except we were sup sposd £6 get 10% more for 15 deys but never got it. I don't know anything about thé wage contracts, I attended only about two meetings in JY. ‘yetrss' As‘far ds I know all of us miners, E- a fMyecrse At far GF Be an = amg eed By ee Ee aa eS