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Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL, —— vo i ~~ INTERVIEW vITH Mir. PEFFERLE stated that the feeling pervading in L. G, PLFFERLE. the negotiations was that the successful outcome of these _ (Continued) negotiations would mean the end of the trogressive Mine «workers of America in the mine. Nothing was mentioned by any of the parties rs a directly on this point however. , PEFFERLE pointed out to Agents that EDMND BURKE, attorney from. - the firm of Gillespie, dJurke and Gillespie, Reisch Building, Springfield, Tllinois, first became attorney for JOHN L. LEWIS in about 1929 or 1930 during the time that injunction proceedings were initiated against LEIS by the officers of District 12, United Mine Workers. Since that time and up to date EDUUND SURKE has remained attorney for JOHN L. LEVIS. PEFFERLE ' believes that BURKE is retained by LEWIS for a fee of approximately 3140.00 per month, plus additional costs when particular matters arise, and that is services are paid from the International United Mine Workers, His reason for believing that SURKE'S retainer fee and other fees are paid from the Intcrnational is that BURKE represented RAY EDIINDSQ! in connection with a murder charge as a result of a shooting in Springfield, Illinois © on an Raster Sunday about eight or nine years ago. At that time RAY LDEUN SON told PEFFERLE that none of BURKE's attorney feces in connection with the defense of RAY LDARNDSON shoved on the books of District 12 or « Local #50, but rather were all taken care of through the international union. — PEFFiERLE also stated that one E. 5. PERRY, manager of the leland Hotel, Springfield, purchased his coal for tne Leland Hotel from ELSHOFF prior to 1932 when ELSHOFF was. operating a United Mime Workers mine. After BLSHOFF ts mine became 4 Progressive Mine workers mine PRERRY, apparently acsiring to retain the business of the United Mine workers officials for his hotel, and which apparently he considered lucrative, discontinued pur- chasil-g coal from ELSJOFF and began purchasing coal from Peabody Coal Company, which was a United Mine Vorkers operated mine. Thercafter POFFORLE stated that JOHN L. LbUWIS made a long distance call to PERRY, asking him why he had stopped buying coal from ELSHOFF and requesting him to apain buy coal from ELSHOFF. PERRY‘s reply to LEWIS allcgedly was that since ELSHOFF's mine was no longer a United Mine Workers mine, he had purposely switched coal companies in order to favor United Mine Workers with his business. PiFFSRLE is unable to state the source of this information, other than to say that it was a story which came to him from various people in the coal industry, the veracity of which he has no doubt. f