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RE: JOBN L. LEVIS, ET al. INTERV IET WITH was interviewed Special * Qe. Aerante« anda uel Illinois; was cooperative amd appeared wi to e He could be used 6S @ witness, if necessary, although the information furnished by him is not particularly petinente His statement is as followas “Springfield, Illinois September 9, 1945. — . a . make the following voluntery statement to a both of whan have identified themselves ts Special agents edersl Bureau of Inwestigetione No thrests or pramises have been made to induce me ta mke a stéte- mente ey "I was born end cane to the U. S. in I becume b [. Se citzen in I now reside et ES Serene cine? TM. I sturted ot Mine BS om Mupust 9. TSee and prior to thut I had worked at +e Ss yeorse The Old West Mine shut down en ougnt I would go 7 Band see if I could get a jobe I went to see OSCAR FALCETTI, went tc see him two or three times, ind he give me a jobe I hed bean out of work for about two yeors. I had belonged to Progressive when I wos at the ns I got @ job os timberman at Mine B for two or three months, und then I started to dig coal. "then I went to idine B I was & member of Progressive, I went every month und registered when I wos out of work. *then FALCETTI hired me he didn't say anything about any unions 4fter I had worked for about two or three dayse “Sammy" came ond asked me to join U.M.li, I told him I would und I signed up with U.id."7. I joined because I thought the majority belonged to U.WJi. I heard that: there were fights at the Mine but I never sow any and no one ever bothered més "I voted in the NIRB election at the Stute armory in 15941, The election wus guict and there wus no trouble of any kinds No one told me how te vote or threatened me in any wey, I have never held an office in any unions "I never saw FALCETTI at Punther Creek Mine, but I did see him at a picnio about mmmpyoors ago. ‘When he hired me he heel - 196 =