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me: JOIN L, LEIS, ET AL INTERVIEW WITH He was very cooperative and shou to be able to withstand cross-examinetion. He was active in the. torn: tion of P,} A, and hele the office of Board Member I —— He was convicted along with the others in the bombing as since been workin ucation, suprliod the (.llowing sizned statcment: "Springficld, Ill. Scptember 1], 1943 "I » make the following statement te ane who are Spocial arents of the Tederal Bureau of Investization. No mes or promises of any kind have been made t2 couse me to make a statement anc I know that it may be used in a court of law, "T was ees I came to America with ny parents in am @ naturalized ren of U. &. such citizenship having been derive ough my parontes,. "I first bezan working in the mines in near ae joince UM... at that time. "I was working at Peabody inc #9 when F.M.A. wos formed, I was instrumenta} in forming P.M.A. which was started bocause of a revolt of the miners acainst the reduced wage scale proposed by John L. Lewis, U.N.W, in Ill. was placed on a provisional basis in sbout 1925 and then tho miners were deprived of their autonony at that tine. Under this regime the elected officinis lasted only so lon= 1s thoy followed the directivos of John L. Lewis anc his henchman, This also caused the men to break away from U.M.W. art in orvonigin= for 5h Sy After oreanizin at wo petitionad for a Then wo asked for a recall of the officers of To Mee “which wos ignored. | ope - - 148 -