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Res JOHN L. LEVIS, Et Al ae WITH 5 he di Engiish but hee a very bad memory. witness due to his age. Springfield, Illinois, 1943 by Special Agents at his home. is able to speak He would make a poor Government aaa furnished the following signed etatements “Springfield, Ilde, September 13, 1943. “li, ringfield, Ill., make the following voluntery statement to and whom I kno to be Srecial Agents of the Federel Bureau of Investigetion, no force tureats or pronises heve been made in obtaining this statement and I know that what I may say mey be used in a court of law, “I become a member of UiF in es remc:ined a member of UH until 1932, when ecame & member 0 " I wes in favor of the change from UI to FMA ee UMA etole notes cast concerning the change in the wage scale. “3 considered PHA & good union being operated for its membere. Tne employees et Mine “A" so far as IJ know were satisfied with PHA prior to the time the ming was bought by Elehoff in 1541. *In about August 1941 I was told by some of the miners at Hine “AY thet Elehof{ had bought tho mine. I did not welcome thse change. I thought Elshoff would meke Mino "AY change from FIA to UNF, es he had forced Eine "2" to change from PKA to DLW. “J did not hecr anything about Elshoff opereting Mine “a®™ through iline "B", _ “I thought Elshoff would not operate Mine “A“ unlose the employecs became members of U:H; most of the miners I telked to thought the semo thing. I desided toe chengs from PMA to Ui" so as to keep my job et Kino "A* clthough I did not went to changee I wee not spprosched by eny Ui orgsanizers to join UBM, “I did not cttcond ony Pe. mootings betwoen the time Elshoff . bought Mino “A"™ in August 1941 end e meeting on e Sunday in Sopt. 1941 ~- 368 - ee areca —.