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rT Gc - Q me eh em a oo al A tS Re: JOEN L. LEVIS, ET AL bo" Jao_ b- TTS TT 7 INTERViie «Jin _ at ho hee o great deal of difficulty i remembering anc events ————————— and so fer that reason it is not “pelieved that a woule make B good witness. The signed statement executed by C+ the time of this interview is being set forth as follows: "Auguet SO, 19435 Springfield, Til. *), QE make the following voluntary statement to (ib eee of whom have identified themselves as being Special agents 6 7¢ Federal Buroau of Investigetion. No threats or promises have bean made to induce me to make a statement. ® . OO *I was born ° U. &. citizen about ears and prosently live at presently employed at "I first startod mining in about Wane followed that trade until June of 1943. I joined the U.N.°. in about anc was in that union until about 1932 when I joined the P.¥.A. I do not reeall when I went to work at ifine B, but I was there when I joined the F.M.A. As far cs I was conterned I was satisfied to romain with United, but when tho Futt coma into being at Sine B I was more or less compelled to join FMa in order to hold my job. As far as I was concorned, conditions werc the same under PLA as under the United. I lived quite 2 way out of town 89 I never attended many of the moetings. JI hoard about the FMA men being convicted for some bombings in about 1936 or 1937 & I always felt they wore not guilty of what they wero chargod with. “Before the timo of the strike I don't remombor any activity on the pert of the U.28.... to orgenize the men. J was never asked to Join the U.F eve bofore the time of the strike. J remember that a new contract was to be simed betweon the company and the union in the spring of 1957. I was quite sure the matter of wages would be settled by our union and the company. I do not know anything about whet tho union was doing to settle the issue, os I hardly ever attended any meetings. I did not attend a union moeting the nite bofore the strike. . "On the day of the strike I went to work aswual in a a drivor and as I recall it a ict of the men atarting loading the c ort. sare gets « 370 «@ seme