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00 EE NEE ] i | { INTLRVIE.. TT Springfield, erviewcd é&t his resi- ak English well and understen Ly : acted as an intcrpreter at some points in the intervi ee a ‘air momory. He expressed his willinwmess to testify in court. He clained to have no criminal record. "Springficld, Til. Scptembcr 4, 1943 4 wee ~ "T, mix the following statement frecly and voluntarily to and wae have identified thensclves to mG 43 Opocldi als Cl tee 2uGcr dt surcau of Investigation. No threats or promises have bron ade Ge. Vo eh tain this statenent. "T presently live on (a Soringfieid, Ill. I am employed . at Mine B, "TJ was born come to the Unitea NT joined the United Mine Wor'ers in In 1936 I joined the Progressive Mino Workers of america wnen 1 startcd to work at Mine B. I have never heid an office in anv union. "On the day th. big strike started in 1937 I went out to the mine and somebody suid there was no work so I camhomc, I went to the union mectinss once in a whiic, but I don't remncuber going to a neeting the night b-forc the strik:, The miners struck at this time to protect them- sclves and to keep their jobs. W,.fter the mine reopened in 1999 an Italian fvllow and a Polish fellow came to m house. They wanted me to join the U.M.". and ther told me: that if I did not join the U.N.T. I could not work at Mino B,. L "as I recall I joined the UIL7 o cin just before the olection of 1341. Onc dar when J was working in tac mine, a fvilot moun as : eam: tom: room. This was about two or three days after I joinc oa —. grabbed me by the throat, curscd m and said that . we he know that 1 wovwd not vote for U.I.U. even though I had Siegncd up with av wo, When I simed up with (207. and a fellow known as . told ne that I botter siym up, or I vou e ona vacation the next day. No one els: talked to me about ULI.