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ne me et a Cc ° oO JOHN Le LEWIS, ET AL. be lo 1D INTERVIEW Wi TH WR wras interviewed at his residence on August 26, 1943 by Speciul agents and and ceme to the ae —. Tilinois in Be resicas a Springfield, and has telco iors number He hes a emt.t cXing business which he operator rom hir homee understconds uri epeaks English without aiffioul zy and invicutes ho would be 2 willing witnesse He is of average intelligence and informs he has no orimin.l revords £6 pringrieid, Tho following signed stetoment wes obtained fran fF "Springfivid, Illa. August 26, 1943 . " i, the following volimtory statement Americc wus formed: 8 in > formed in Sept. of 1932, I autanntically became o member of PMase I wee not forced or sceroad in any way to join PMA and I wanted to join — PMA ot thot timc. "I sturted work i 1934 cs & PY, mn und worked wntil 3935 whon I went to Va = eve not worked et Mine "5" sinso. "While working in Mine "5" during 1984 and 1935, I noticed no threats, coorcion, force vidlonoe or favoritiam of any kind shown by the company to either the UMT or tho Pa. "then I returned to Mine "3" on ae: went in as 4 Flae During the timo that followed until cbout april of 1940, the UMW tried govern] times to get moe to join the UMV. A fellow named Sramars wee ca fe who wos 8 driver ond a UMY talked to me several times in on = 319 - r