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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION This Case Originated At SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS File No, 44-18 Report Made At ' Date Made ' Period Report Made By SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS » 9-13-43 + 9-2 thru , E70 » 4 1943, incl. + ‘Title ' Character of Case fp t JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL ' CIVIL RIGHTS AND ' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE t nr A a pr Pr SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Statements set forth of approximately 125 additional persons who were members of PMA Local No. 54 at}iine "BY in May 1937. In general, these statements Feflect that the vest majority of Mine "B" employees favored PMA in May 1937; that the sit down strike which followed the attempted opening on September 27, 1937, was carried out voluntarily by Mine "B" employees without outside assistence; and that the NLRB election of December 13, 1937, was carried out in a fair and impartial MANNOT e Concerning alleged UMW spies operating in FMA membership 37 ed [oe was not iccat ) be interv owed, claiming they vised by an attorney. Various reports received indicat- ing employees at Mine "B" and\vine "A" have been advised _ to refer requests for interview to “to ARTHUR i, FITZGERALD, a Springfield attorney. Statement of § Board Member, set out. JASE SLASGOW, fornmor U aren Member, furnished statement concerning pertinent conversa- tions with subjects ELSHOFF, FaLCBITI, and EDMUNDSON. ROBERT C, -CLOMON, President, Panther Creek Mines, Tne., and his attorneys, Le G. PEFFAXLE, and CLAYTON J. BARBER, furnished information concerning £ ELSHOFF "s negotiations —+-- cn - a hem pm Ture, { ween eh ne faa DO XNCT WRITE IN’ THESE SPACES ae —— “roi Epproved & - Gee a $2560 19 197k Copies of This Report 44 aa 3)ouroeu Wasees 60st 22 1943 tg . a a A aE a a na ma ne tr te ete eG oe ee eee