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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ETAL INTERVIEW WITH Spring- Cs 2 o:c, Specig) ee : Agents oe IR TT cons sop ce estas a L _ as :: eooparative but it 1s no ¥ witness inasmuch as he is a habitual drunkard by his own admission and had to be contacted twice before he w as in @ condition to talk to the Agonts. has no known orimindl record. He furnished the following statement. ~~ signe VO WVLUOINVOr Lu, Loko » Spring~ insides _ — +o y give owing statement to Spoeial Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. No threats or ‘promises of any kit any kind were made to osause me to make this statement. "TY was born in irrate ing to America in , | I claim sitizensni ou "I started working in Mine B about iB years ago, joining U.M.W. at that timo. I never held an office in any union. I was working at Mine B when the Union split up and Progressives started. I don't know the cause of the split and didn't have anything to do with starting PM, I joined PM: along with all the other miners. I don't favor any union, "Tl don't know what caused the strike at Mine B in 1937 and can't remember whether Iw orkod there the day the strike started or not. . "I don't reosll signing any petitions for either PMA or "T don't know how the picketing started at Mine B and I only went over there to get something to eat. "I recall voting in one NLRB election and remauber that 1 voted for my sympathy the UM. "During the period that Mine B was olosed on strike I wos on WPA for 13 months. I got & letter from Mr. ELSHOFF to come back to work and when I went back I didntt pay dues to either union, but later I joined UML.