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be bie a rn rr rrr a Ne ra apt RE a C’ (? : dl Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL INTERVIEY WITH tr, OZANIC, forme t *» JOSEPE OZANIC, former State President of the JOSEPHVOZANIC #§ Progressive ‘iine Workers of Am tly f an organizer for the American Federatio r, was in ryjewed at hig home 6t oun ve, Illinois, by Spacial] —— Agents and 1943. A preliminary discussion vr-the BYternoon of August 21, he case with Mr. OZANIC disclosed that he vas in position to furnish consicerable pertinent and first hand information concerning the ?fine "B" situation. ‘Mr. OZAWIC willingly agreed to meet the agents et the Springfield Office on Monday morning, August 23, 1943, for a more complete discussion of his part in this case, and also to execute a signed statement. Mr. OZANIC called at the Springfield Office as ecread, and after an exhaustive interview the following signed statanent was dictated by him: “Springfield, Illinois August 23, 1943 "T, JOSEPH OZANIC, make the following voluntary statement to Special Agents and QM of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, "My name is JOSEPH OZANIC, my legal residence being at It. Olive, Iilinois, and I may be located through the Office of the American Federation of Labor, Yiashington, D. C. "T have been & coal miner from September 15, 1910 up until the present time. During that period I was a member of the United Mine Yorkers of America, from September 1910 to September 1, 1932, and since September 1932, IJ have been a member of the Progressive tine Workers of America at present affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and I did my last work in a coal mine in January 1935. Since that time I have been conneeted with our organization in various official capacities, and at the present time J] am e@ ational Representative for the American Federation of Labor. From February 1, 1935 to January 31, 1937, I served &s an Executive Board Member for the state organization of the Progressive Mine “iorkers of America in Illinois, and from February 1, 1937 to January 31, 1939, I served as the Fresident of the state organization of the Progressive Mine Workers of America in Jllinois,. "Wy duties as president of the organization consisted of administering the affairs, policies, and activities of the organization on 4 state wide basis including the handling of disagreed grievance cases on the joint stete executive board that might arise under our contracts through the Coal Producers Association of Tllinois, and whioh failed of settlement lotélly between the management and the local representatives of the Progressive Mine Workers in that mine, As president I became actively ongaged in the handling of the dispute which originated in May ~ £835 « 5 NE i NE Ea a