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t his hone, Springfield, Tllincis. ring this oe | view it was cbserve is an intellirent person and possesses o at ee ok oe mer oy ‘A oe eT . c ; mg most anxious to cocperate in every my pos- whe a oe ae Nm etl Rail eo J * sa sible. He impressed frente as being a thoroughly honest and reliable sort o erscn, and it is believed that the information given by him is the truth. furnishe? some very interest) information and it is believed that he < make an excellent witness. davises thet he hes no criminal record, The fcllowing signed statenont wis furnished vy a or om » . a Sant. 12%. 1GAT “ve ee LL“ ev ey give the fclliowing information tc Lb acscmse sere anal and who ere known to me to be Special Agents co 8 Peele threats cr promises hnve been mode me te give this information. . "Since Dec. 1938 I have been ec digcer & company man oat Ponther Creek #5. I started at Mine B in 1934 & worked till May, 1937 when it ois I was a neaber of P.ki.d. when I strrted ut Mine B. I was born sw eros a& LAT BY aft 4 & cane tc U. 5, in Sime é becane a citizen in U.N. arcund Wie & I nevor heve a effice. Between 1934 & 1937 I think P.M.A. miners got along fine with P.M.A. officials & officials of Mine B, I remember that sime time befcre Mine B ciosed I hnd a ecla & I went cut to Mine B & tcld them I ween't foing cown to work, While I was in the wash-house, DOMINIC FASQUALE, PETE CARTER, FRANK AUSTIN & a few other men ell cf whom favored U.M.N. were alsc in the wash-house & after the F.M.fi. miners went down when the whistle blew OSCAR FALCETTI cane into the wash-hcouse & I sow him wink at FRANK AUSTIN & he suid “It didn't work” & AUSTIN seid, “we will get them tomcrrow." I told this later to the PA. \ officials. I den't recoll of anything happening that day but I think CARTER } & AUSTIN had been expelled from F.M.A. already. Betwoon 1934 & 1937 to the best of my knowledge most cf the P.M.A. minors were satisfied with local #54 & it wos run by the men & nct by a fow. I was net active but did go to a lot of the meetings. In regard to the men sent to jail for the bombing I & others felt that they were rcilroaded & wore not guilty. FP... officinis mace re- porta as to what they cid with the money. Once they hod a 10% assessment but - otherwise there were nc cutstanding spocisl assessments. Before Mine B closed Ui, men never picketed the Mine B. “ut before Mine B closed thore was a group around Mine B who were fcr U.M.W. and they were SAMMY; ANDY SCHOELEVIOUS: PASQUALE; CARTER; AUSTIN; TONY PLOTCH; "COTTON" ANANIAS; 3 SIRTOUTS; GEO. & EMORY JACAWAY; BOWLING GREEN & JIM HALE and 1 heard that these men were try- ing to get the Mine B closed & were supposed to have seid thet if tho Mine didn't ge over to U.M.W. it would be closed and I heard they hrd gone around ~ 187 -|