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tam a inte ee ne { RE: JOHN L. LEIS, ET AL INTSRVIE.: V1T: \ ‘a: his residence, Ti " "on Beptcmber 4, 1943. He XQ “ { HOE ned wots 714 a3 se 5 Springfield, Dllino t Septembcr 4, 1943 ollowing signed statements is make the following voluntary statenent to iy » whom I know to be Special azents of the and ederal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. "I reside at Bg oes esentlv a diz ‘ Wes born on ne ar I arrived in the United Stit I was naturalizc Drineficld, Tilinois in t] first joined a mine unien in at Springfield, Tilinois at OE This union was the United Mine 'orkers of snerica, which will be referred to hercinaftur as the Ul’, JI worked there for about one year at which time a tipole fell gp and I we work at Jine », I did not return +t? Mine B until -:bout From I continued to work at Min. B until Mas; 12, 1937 when the mine closed. After the mine closed on Mey 12, 1943, I did not go bck to picket and did not go back to Hinc B when that mine attempted to epen on three diffcrent occasions. J knew the mine was attumotin,; t> scpen from a uoties in the newspapers and by word of mouth from other miners. I did not go back to work at Mine B, until about Deeenber 1939. I worked at this mi until } \ Taran O40. I quit: then and stertcd working for th-? vo ITrevier did fo beek te wor started working at Mine «a and have continued working there until the present timc, "In Septumb.r, 1932 I wus working at Mine B and when Jchn L. Lewis wented the miners tu take e riuduction in ways, a vote was taken. The first vote tiken was avinst the reduction and on a second vote, the UM” officials claimed the ballots were stvlen, and Lewis declared an emergency ahd pro= ccvdud to sign up with the Operators at a reduction in the wage scale. T voluntarily joined the frogressive Mine “orkers of america, ref -rred to here- inaftur as the Pi., with the reot of the miners in Mine B, in Scptember, 1932. T never took an active part in org nizing FM, I'never have held an office in any rine union. I feel thet the Pll. was @ guod union and the rank and file were satisficd with thet unicn and its officials, -140- nae Se co ugg mR ae are ee eg RA ni emmy ur Bum URE a Raa Lune gE pp sme ee ce weet wa a Mae me