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£ _\ INTERVIAT WI S. er ay \ BIC BI . a interviewed & 8 piace of Springfield, Til August 30, 1943. ‘iio would not make ® good field, Tllinois, was e ent» by Special Agent and eiatec (28 doses n neve & ‘riminal recor witness cs he is old and vary vague in ht wh? “Springfield, Ille, * August 30, 1943. 1, as pinefield, Ill,, make the following voluntary etatemont t an. whan I know to bu Spocial 4gcnts of the Fedora. Bureau of Investigation, do foroo, throkts or ptoriscs have beos mds in obtaining this statement and I know that whot I mey say my be used in a cou Of ltw, “ won in I om now employod by ringfiold, Ill. 1 joined the UalLW. in cvout Qct which timo I was a coal minor. I romeindea a member of UMY untii 1932. I was omployed ot Mino “BY Spring- fiold, 1)le in 1930. In 1932 Ui stclo votes cast in Springfield, 111, son- corning the waga seale in coal mincs for that reason I joinod PHA, whon it wos formod in 1932. I took no activo part in the formation of PMA, "In about Lowe Wos & committcoman in UMV for ono yoor, . I havo mover boon an officer any union sinoo that timo. ; ®*Bettroon 1930 and 1932 tho managanont of Mince “BY scamod to have boon on good relations with ULM. . "Betwoon Sopt.e 1932 and April 1937 Mino “BY did not go on any strikos and tho managamont did not closo Mino “B" down. FElshoff and Faloetti soomed to havo boon on good rclations with PMA until Moy 1957, tho manogo= mont vas not hostile in their ottitude in sottling gricvances, "I always bolicvod PMA was opcrated as en honost union and not as a racket, thore wero no unusual spocial assessments. I tock no intorost in union effairs. I took no intoroet in the bombing coscs and oan furnish no information concerning tho casos. “Botvoen Sopt. 1932 and May 12, 1937 TH novor sot up o pickot 2inr ot mino ®B* and I do not rembor UW distributing any literature ot Mine "BY. I did not know of any allogod UMV epics working at Mine “BY prior to May 12, 1937 nor did anyone attanpt to convert no fron PUA to UW prior to My 12, 19375