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SRE: JOHN L, LECIS, ET aL £7 CY : : bID x ; INTIRVIEN TITH The following iny. ication wes conducted by Special ee ...- +; ee, ee Wa st Spring- es ia. nots on epee field, inoigé, on september 6; T9540. - at his residence, Springfield, Illincis, dgents interviewed and he advised he hes never been arrested in his. life. Fr. it was noted thet ia a very intelligent individual and he seemed to recall the detes of different occurrences very quickly. He apacared to know what was going on during the period under investigation. It is felt that he would make a very good witness if his testimony is desired in Court. The following signed statement wes obtained fron [iin = ngfield, fil. ££ *) 1 . goat 356 give the following statement to who are known to be Special Agents of the F.B.f. No threats or promises have been made me to procure this state- mente "T was born in Lone llti(i‘ to the U.S. in WMA end became o citizen a I first joined a mine union in Ill. «when I first came to the U.S. YT heave been working at Mine Aes a coal digger since Feb. 1938. I have never hold any union office. I started work at Mine 78" in 1936, I was then e member of the P.M. I am now a member of U.M.n-, as when Elshoff took over Mine "4" he wes going to bring in a different crew and in order to keep our job we all went over. . "During the year I wes at Mine "B* under the Progressives every~ thing was getting along finc. Things wont along well right up to the time of the strike. JI never heard Elshoff or Felsetti saw that they dis- liked the P.M.A. and wanted to get U.M.i. back. "The P.M.4. men seemed to get along alright right up until the strike. The businoss of the local was fair and square and the miners could say what they wented, I attended most of the P.M.A. union meetings. The officials issued reports regular os to where the money was going. There were some special assessments but these were always legitiment union expenses. I never felt the money was being mishandled. remember when some of the P.M.A. men were sent to prison for bombings and as far = 207 « av