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- Meg : Reo: JON L, LEJIS, ET AL INTERVIES. WITH Es Illinois, was jointly interviewed | St his home on 0, 1943 by Special Agents rT ti(‘<i‘éd@“S ie _ ay ae This individual is = mag *\44 origin anid has been naturalized. is unable to read the English 1 _ and had little understanding concerning the matter under inquiry, but was cooperative. He executed the following written statement which was read to a4 . Pee ° f him by Pe $ Ss certs Illinois Ugus ry 1943. "I, make tho foll-wing voluntary statoment to ar whom I know to be Special Agents of the ecoral Bureau of Inves*igation, U. S. Depa.tment of Justice. ay _ eG "T reside Tllinois., I was torn on I became a Neturalised citizen of the Unite N eepromper a I arrived in the United States in "The first mining union I joined was the United Mine Workers of America, hercinafter referred to as tho Uh, at Illinois about I workee there wnder tho UV until april, . this was in Posbody Mine 52, I was not working from 1932 to 1535. In April, 1982 this Poabody mine clogseé due to lack of a contract. Altiough I was not employed in Septembcr, 1932, I joined the Progrossive Miners of imerica, which will be refcrrcd to hereinafter as the MA, ay Illinois, and I joined this union voluntarily as the locol I had b g under all joined the PMA. "From April, 1932 wntil 1935, month not recniled, I was not employed in coal mines, About August 1935 I went to work in Mine B as a menber of FiA. I never hele any office in either PMA or UMT, 7 took no active part in the formition of the PMA. I went to very few PMA union meetings as they were hold in Sprinzfielé and it was not conveniont for me to do so. I just went to work and minded my business, and IJ know nothing about the relations between Elshoff and Local 64 of FUA from August 1935 until May 12, 1937, when the mine closed. I never went back to Mine 8 after that date. "I hoard that the ULt7 had organizers in Mine B to get some of the miners to join the M7, but I do not know who they were and they nover ey mntactod me. I hoard that some of these men were expelled but I did not Engi Bo to the meeting and know nothing about it. at OE "From May, 1937 until Octobor 14, 1959 I was unemployed for “PA, PG and on October 14, 1939 I got a job at aN ee So HI aos i , 28 a momber of the Fi. 1 heve worked théra evar since. - 272 -