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Ro: JON L., LE.IS, ET aL INTERVIE, IT? was interviewed 7 and is slliterate and appears to know nothing of ots cone @ suring. His memopy and English are poor and he would not rnaks a satisfractory witness, Pin VL He furnished the following statcment: ay nois Septcn 3, 1942 2 following voluntary steateucnt to _ Vo have identified thensclves as being pecial agunts in the Federonl Buresr of snvestication. No threats or Promises have been medc to me& get me to meke G otrvement. Tliinsis. .I was born "T presently ric : - I became a citizen "T started mining in en: joined the United Mine Vorkers at that tinc. I started workins at Mine B in 1935 ahd at that time belonged to Fl. a. I never attunded many meetin s of eny union. 'T was working at Mine at the tine of the strike. JI remember the ten wer telkinz about Woa,es and contracts but I don't know whit they were tolking about. I don't understand ver, well. I also heard ae some of the other fellxais wer. working for U.M... but I don't know hing about this. "On the day of thie strike I was working in Box Q= a digeer. I went down to work that uiorning and semeone said locd short Sut I filled my cars up. I worked ali dn, jon: thet day and the next day they said, "Mine no work, strike." "T signed c lot of things at Sprinzficld that sumacr but I don't know vhat they were, To renembur when they had a sit down strike at th. mine, I was there tro or three dows, it uake me tired and TI -:o home, "Tl voted for Trogressive in the clection at the armory. Nobody ever threetened me or botherud me, : mr As Antt 4} I didn't so Back to the mine until it opened up in 21939. T went back tu work in the sane plaice as I renemb T had no trouble when I went back to work, nobodr over threatcned ac. asked we to join U. “, 7. but T wontdn't join with him. I joined U. M. W. when sonc other fellows ask ~ 302 ~