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C . oO RE: JOHN L, LEIS, ET AL Lb Fe &70 was jointly intervi.wed n beptenber 5, 1343 by Special Apents at his residence, ingly furnished the following sijned state- He wi a: pringfieic, linois. mnt and indicated that he would willingly testify to the facts as sct forth therein: "Springfield, Illinois September 5, 1343 ollowing voluntary stat ment whon I know to be Speciol agen QO 4 nts of Springfie?d, Til. and I was born . f2rut joined a mine union at Mine A princtield, : is union was the United “ine "orkers of emorica, referred to hereinafter as the UM... I worked at this mine for ab-ut six months and then went to Peabody Mine #57 and remained there un- tat fone 27 19 we tian mine ehut doar Ann ta thea senoral ete ko T ble HYPLd ay SIE Wolly; “OGbG TOT Sali GOWN Give MM die UL LT» ai n I got a job at Minc Bas a timberman, - under th, .a and worked tnere con~ tinuously until the mine closed on May 12, 1937. I ‘wiped on the PMA pickct line for sevcr.:1 months in i937. I was not out at this mine at any of the three times it tried to re-open. I heard it was going to open the first two times through the newspapers, but the third time I reecived a registered letter from Elshoff ammouncing that the mine was poin, to open, an open shop in Novembcr, 1939 IT went back te Teed ATMEL ied ani? ¥ Gea! 5 = orked there until February 23, 1942, On that oe said, “you ar: next. I'm .oing to drive your teeth down your oat. Iwas working as & cauze man op the bottom at this time and was making extra pay. I think one of the Ul) men wanted this job, IT had already changed over to the Ul. at this time. I never wont beek to the mine aftr that because the working conditions were not safc due to the activities of some of the UM, memburs who had been UM org-nizery. althev ci the UMT head the bargaining rights at Mine B that union folt that th oa head many miners working under the IM who were not sympa- Merdcd OPaAan Bhar Gnt WoO CPG ay +d a) we thetic toward UM/, but wiio had joined mercly to keep their jobs. . “Pron to 1932 Iwas a memb-r of UN,. I joincd the PMA in ° September, 1332 at Sprinzfield, Tllinois. I wes unemployed at this time, : IT joined this union voluntarily. I think the Pll. was a good union and the - renk and file mines pot along well with their union officers. I rcomained — anenber of PM., the Pro-rcssive line “orkers of americz, until about -145- - pm ee ae ru ae iM Ta oa OW I a on eg rg ee ee me et :