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eo ner ee is dee EE Be a ene C Re: JON L. LoWIS, LT al. Lye Springfield, Illinois, was interviewed a ome ap- peared coomerative but it is not felt that he would make a good witness |, of knowledge of what occurred during the trouble at \ Mie "3". acvised that he was a good friend of PETS C.RTHR, whe is ore of the alleged UM. spies, and thai he thought these men (the spies) "ver right in actine as they did". He furnished the follow- ing Sisned statement, because of his WWpringfield, Ill. September 6, 1943 roa signed stateme al . fy Rabe oe the Federal] Bure eau rot Inves tet ion. ment. ney rye Khor arn ; ‘ret hal aL Wow by ida ait —— stay in mt T startes ho line in joining t! ee Ming my International care - I started at ifine 'Bt aout Gl sce my Ui Betyveer, and 1932 the Ulva. and the jtine 'Rt officials got aleng as usual. as I uncerstand it the Progressive Union was formec because of vage trouvle and the votes being stolen in 1932. JT never had any part in forming this union anc have never hele an office in either the Pll, or the Wr, T ioiied the Provrossives alorg rith the wise wh We ore We ke Ye ea Made fo we Wee mejority at line tet, 50 far as I know “Lhe Propressives got along 28 vell vith tir. Lishoff as the Uli.. did, I don't think that the management was p.rtial towards cith:r union. . "T thought that the Prozercssive Union was fine in the beginning and fevered it up to the time of the strike in 1937. "The strike at Jfinc '3' in jay of 1937 started because of a ispute over wage tine '3t wasn't paying as much as some of the sur- rounding mines, Basigncd 2 temporary contract but it didn't pay as much as the new URC. contract. Shortly oefore the strike I re- member Pete Carter, Frank sustin, Tony Plotch, John "Cotton! ,nanias, John Sirtout, George aud “Smery Jacaway, Charles 3ehanron, and James Hale ie ~ 339 -