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- = 4+ RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, BTAL INTERVIE.( WITH Springfiold, Illinois, wos fre | torviowod at his rosidonoo on Soptomber 18, 1945 3 Spooial Asonts sgt ond undorstands and spooks English s clontly woll to tostify. 0 tomen sot forth bolow wos read to him, gpd he statod that ovorything in it is truo. Howovor, ho doclined to sign it. said that no ono had told him not. to sirn any statement given by him to Foderal Agonts. Ho said ho hos no: criminal record, . " Soptombor 18, 1945 Springfield, DLlinocis "I moke tho following voluntary statomont to as :: whom I knew to bo Spocial Agonts of tho Fedore] Buroau of Investiretion, of my own froo will, with no throots of promisos mdo Mo. "Ian living ot am working ot Mino 4. _ I was born the Unitod Statos in I booame © oitizon in irtuo of haying sorved in tho #orld War. I bogan working at Mino A in hoving beon- o mombor of tho U.M.jW. “nol I jcinod tho Progrossivo Mino Workorg no & switched ovor. I rojoinod tho U.M.W. ~ in 1932, when atl tho men at in 1941. "In the surmor of 1941, I wos working in ond didn't soo anything in tho papors about tho salo of Mine &. I didn} know anything about it boing sold, or anything about it, until ono day, . Soro man, wWhoso name I oan't romombor, told mo there wns going to bo a. + mooting of 01] tho mon at tho Elks Club. I didn't know the purposo cf tho mnooting, until I got thoro. prosided at tho moting, and tho discussion wos whothor to join the U.H.W, Or not. I was in tho baok of ‘tho room, and didn't pay mach attontion to what wos going on. I don't remombar who put tho quostion of P.M.A. or U.M.W. to the mon, and don't romomber who took pert in the discussion. I votod to join the U.M.W. at that toutes boceusa everyono soomed to bo in favor of it, and not for any porticulay: + reason. It doosn't mako any difforonce to mo whioh union is in, and * conditions have boon just about tho samo at tho mine undor U.N.W, thot thoy woro undor PMA. . “This statomont has boon rond to m, and J atato it + de trua to tho best of my knowlodzo. = 279 ~ ES A RE ES RITE <a EE