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Re: JOYE L. LEWIS, ET AL : . 0 JINTERVIEW WITH The following investigation was conducted by Special Agents a i © eee, 5 . . inoi8, on September 14, 19403 : ' At the Springficld Field Divigian, agents interviewed iy & who lives N Springfield, Illinois. He advised he has never been arreste . ‘ replies indicating that he is not illiterate, and it is foit tha mikc a fair witness if his testimony were necessary. readily understood the questions asked him and gave intelligent hat on Pe v =i Agents obtained from Gt: following signed statement: "Springfield, Ill. Sept. 14, 1943 the following informution to ra °° who are ents o eF.B.I. Fo b sere or promises have known to mc to be Special Ag been made me and I give this information of my own froo will, . "T am now working as oa digger at Panther Creek #5 JI will have been there I worked at Mine "B" about 9 years up to the strike , T wont back there after that time, I was born I came to the 0. 5S, in and became a citizon or I first joined a union in I have never been o union officer, OO 2m vad this was U,Mane "Prom the timo I wont to work ot Mine B up until 1932 there was no trouble between Elshoff and the U.M.7. union. ‘when they had the union split I liked the Progressives and went along to that Union with the rest at Mine "B", I did no organising for them. From 1932 ywntil the strike tlshoff got along fina with F.M.A. there was no trouble of any kind. I never heard Elshoff or Falsetti say Thoy had any preforance for U.M.,. over P.MA. I was always satisficd with the P.M.A. local there was no trouble there at all. I attended o fow P.M.A. moctings at that time. At every meeting thoy told us how much money had been spent and how much taken in, I never felt any moncy was being stolen from the union. It was my opinion that the P.M.A.. men sent to prison for bombings had been framed up. I dont _ ont know who did it. From 1932 until the minc closed I never sow any U.M.7. men picket Mine "B" or give out any literature thore. I did not know of ony group in the P.M.A. that wos U.M.W, though belonging to P.M.A. I nevor heard of any parties given by Elshoff for U.M.u. officials or they for him. — "I remember when the contract ran out in 1937 we kept on working under a temporary agreement, I may have only hoard this through the other ~ 61 - Lacie |