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Re: JONN L. LEVIS, #T JL. INTRRVI ST CTITH , Springfield, }- Tllin gl n his r amr. ian amber 12, 1943, by Special igonts pot ne speak or understand , and speaks his native tonguc po @ said he wag never arrested, had to act as interpreter during the interview, -~ following signed statenent, "Springfield, Til. September 12, 1943. make the follering statement freely and volun= "Ty neil 1 tarily to and ay who have identified them- Selves to mo as So@l1al Agents e Federai Bureau of Investigation. No threats or promises have been made to ne to obtain this statemant. Springficld, Till, came to the hited States “I presently reside_at Ne aturalized, "J don't recember when I first joinad the United Ifine “orkers, In 1932 I joined the Procressive ‘fine iorkers of éqacrica. I started to work at Ine B obout I don't remember when I re- joined the U..7. at life Ss. "I quit working at iline B because sone persons, unknown to ne, stole my tools and powder so often that I had to quit. I couldn't make a living at "tine 3. f1s0, I would load my cars and would send it to be weighed, but I would never pet credit for some of these cars. I think that sone one was stcaline my checks off my cars, and then put a differont check on the car. I don't know who was doing this to me. I wasn't raking any monyat lOne B so I had to quit, "Several tines sone men whose names I don't know told me that f would get beaten up if I did not join UML. They also said that if IT didn't join U.M.., I would lose ny job, J signed up with WL. after line B reopened only because of these threats, "£fter the U1 i, obtained the right to bargain for the miners at ‘ne Bin 1941, my cars would weigh the same, but I would not got redit for ail the cars J londed, "I liked the P.ILd. settor than Win‘t, because P.M.i.. never cheated me, and always treated m better than Wl "#t present I am cuployod in the Old ‘est Mine, and am a momber of Pwiat. there. - 38 =