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cae nile ee on Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL oe reviewed i . and Loe convincing manner ane seeme ave & fairly good recollection of events rithin his knowledge relative to instant case, It is believed that would make a good witness for the Government. There is being set for y— pelow he elgned statement ni ch executed at the time of this interview: _... . | Tll. Sept. <, 1943 make the following voluntary statement to cee, A = » both cf whom have identified themselves as necial Agents of the Federal Pureau of Investigation. No threats or On promises have been made to induce me to make a statement, _ wag barr ae ir Mining im abou é& joined the UT at th worked at Vine B from 1930 until Jan. of 1943 when I started working at the old vest *‘ine. I have never held any office in the union, a "I joined the PMA in 1922 when the state went progressive and it wes my opinion that all the men wanted to change over to Frogressive, * ‘Things went along smoothly in the FA until 1937 & all the men felt satisfied with the officers, "In ilarch of 1937 our contract with Wine B expired and the union was trying to settle on a new contract with the company, All of the men thought the PNA could do as well on @ “age increase as the VAIN. At about this same time our local discovered that some of our men were acting as spies for the U.M.v. Some of these men vere Charles Eohannon, Tominick Fascuale, Prank Austin, Jacaway and others that ran around with these men. These men started agitating about a week before the strike and kept going around among the men telling them to go on strike because a new contract hadn't been signed, I was in one cf the groups when these men were telling us to strike. "I know that these men were expelled from the Union before the strike for their actions. I don't know how long they were expelled for and didn't attend the meeting, but I think most of the men knew they were exvelled, c - "J went to work at wine B in box @ as a digger on the day of the i strike. All of the PA men said they wouldn't work with these men. Our Be | told Falcetti the men shouldn't be altowed to work, but the a ee ee _£