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RE: JOHN L. LES, ET AL of 67D was intervicwed by Special ee me anc at whic time he stited that in view of the fac e lived in e never paid much atvention to union activities in Sprinzfield, and so that rcason he had very little information of value to instant case. seoms to be of averaee intellivcnee and spoke in a clear and distinct manner. It is believed he would make a favorable witness, although his in- formation is limited. TERTERVIE. At the time of the interview, GH cx ecutea the following signed statuments [ae Tllinois eptember 6, 1943 make the Poliowing voluntary statement to both of whom have identified themselves as ecial Agents in the Federal Burcan of Investigation. No threats or promises have beén made to mé to induce me to make a stetenent. I reside and vet my mail at Generel Delivery. ot ae NT was Pe * nd started working in the mines in¥ ime I r joined United liine “orkers. I have nover held an office in any union. I started working at Mine B in 1933 or 1934 and at that time I was a membur of P.'.a. I had nothing to do with the formation of P.1nA. When T started at Mine B Progressive was cctting aion: fine. The comoany seumed to like P,I.A, and the men were ail satisfied. "T romembor that in the: spring of 1937 our contract expired and some of the men objvcted to Working without a contract. However, our board wemb.r, told us ever; tring was all right, and that we should continue to work. In cwy ocinion th. men all felt that the nettcr would be settled in 4 sol igfactory manner. "I remember that some of the mcn kept saying we wonlidn't get 4 con- truct and that we shouldn't work without one. Afterward, I learned that these men were working for U.K.°. There was about 12 or 15 of these men, one of them was nam.d Andy but I don't know who the others were. NI didn't attend many union neetings because I lived Bee, and the nvetings were held in Springfield. I don't remember hearin: that some notioAa fron : ska one thine LD Vid PMA. althougn af ter the strike 1 UlW 1IGdL billids mar Ker hoor Ye Hieli die Voel CAPO ALLL "On the da; of the strike I was working as a digger Qe and I went dom into the mine as usual, About 2:30 that afternoon we were told to leave and we heard a rumor that ther. was a strike. I remember hearing that some of the men were loading cars short that day. I don't know =~89— ek ee pe ae epee cn eee cpa mg ge me ert Sr erie