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Re: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET &L 7 bie pW I WY WITH Po wns interviowod ct the’ home which hé , owns locited at Springfield, — Tllincis, on the i — oon a _ 33 a 1945 Bpeo- ial Agents wos born in s considered a8 a good potential witness ue to his apponrance, ability to expross himself, and an apperont abcve average intelligence. Ho gave informtion set forth in the following signod stctenents fr ee ar “Springfield, Illes "My nome i ‘_I miko the following stetament to a and , who have identified thomsolves emné tc be Special 4gents 6 e Federal Surenu cf Investigation. No pron- isos, throats, or consideration cf any kind ne beon made to me to heve ue sign this stetencnt. It is o1] true cnd occurate. J am willing, if nece essury to go to court, and repect any part of it, "I have been working ot Mine B since 1929 as ao diggers I wos a nembor of the local when it changed over frcm the UMW to the Progressive Nine Werkors cf Amorica., I was not tco anxicus nbout the switch in the be- ginning, but afterwards I did not want to change back to the United Mine Workers. J was living at Ill, at the time, ond did not come back tc town to attend the union ncotinfs. I did not cc _ tho meetingws very often.e “At the time cf tho strike in.1937, I wos vory much sntisfied with the way the things were poing cut thore at tho Progrossive Mino Workers and tho local #54. I did nct want to change. As for ag I know 411 the men were satisfied with the unicn es it ws. There were o’ fow non who had always beon for the UAW ever since the PW wos orgenized, and they did not switch ever as wo thought they would, and kept talking about going back to the UMY. No one cf than talked to me sbeut it though, and I did not hear them say enytning perscnally. "I ddd not attend the local mecting the night before the striko, I wee down in the mine and did not know that a stri_e wos being called. it wes allo surprise tome. I did not stey arcund the mine, and I have for- gotten now, just exactly what it wos that the men struck for. I signed a petition cr some kind cf pepcr for thee Progrossives. They brought it to mo at my hone in Ill, I did not sign anything for the UM becouse I wos not intercste cining the UMW, Nc one approached me to join the UMW cr to sign thoir potition. po * 361 - so lanant on enematatetanamsdiat tp onacimae te iteddainas instal SS eg Perea ri eete ate mer nn a ah atta timtdiemassitietion Semensannan anthem eT a