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Re: JOHN L. LiwlS, ET al, ~ INTERVIEW WITH R. if. MEDILL, R. M. UEDILL, Director of the Department ° of ifiues and tdnerals, ‘State of Tllinois, © ‘viewed at his office in the Capitol Building, ieid c oo 7 n of Septenbsr 3, 1943 by Special Agent . 1 Mr. LEDI.UL advised that under the laws of the State of Tilinois a mins is required to have a mine examiner examine the mine daily before the men arc permitted to enter the mine, This is done, therefore, at night, usually after midnight. The person making his inspection must be cert- - ified by the State as a mine examiner. He further advised that a company r vould be permitted to make such examinations during the daytime, and if tie Taw vroere roamnliedr with at nicht tho Austins jrnenastar neanA nat he wish i CATE wea COMpLLled Tetwid Ch ALA EU West Yar, af Yu Ade? Se aes LIV 2 2 licensed mine examiner, although they usually were, due to the fact that the unions required thc same wage seale as if he were certified. Mr. '®DILL stated that in the Southern Tllinois fields, where the mines were gaseous, the miaus often employed examiners in the daytime to check on air conditions at the fringes, and in the new workings, and so forth, He advised, however, that in the fields surrounding Springficld, there is no necessity of this as these mines are usually considercd non-gascous. Mr. MEDILL stated also that the reeords of his office rdlect- ing mine examinations have bec: destroyed for the years prior to 1941, the vo said his Pecords did shov that 4 was issued 2 certificate of a mine examncr on are! re’ at time oe Was Ge: of age and had bite experience in the nines. . DILL 2udvised that the requirenents Tor a certificate of mine examiner were fixed by statute, and were that a person must de 21, a citizen, and have four years cxpcrience in a mine, tozether with passing an examination, The examination, according to Mr. MEDILL, would not be — too complicated, and the information necessary could be learned in a very few Lessio.s under an uxpertenced Mine examiner, ° \- 44g -