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ee re ee RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ETAL ee WITH SE 8° crs Illincis, wos fa a his homo 90inl Agont ond wis coopor not thet ho would moko smuch as he had vory littlo knowlodgo of tho Mino 4 situation. Sees: no known oriminol record. He fur- nishod the j-llowing signo ae " , Springfield, Til. Soptomber 18, 1945 Springfiold, J1l., do voluntarily ivo tho following stetoment To spocia — — ef the Fodoral Buronu cf Invostizgation. No ~\reats or promises of any kind hava bocn mado to ccuso mo t- moako tris cvtcmonte and camo to Amorioca I boran to work “y Wor bern in jcining UMM at thot timo. I novor hold ary offico undor Uk .-- egon and workod until July 1942. At prosent I ce... cing "J loarnod about tho salo of Mino 4 from tho papors. I wasn't much intorosted and didn't think much about it at the timo as tho mino was olosod. *T hoard talk to tho offoct thot Mr. ELSHOFF wos going to take tho ooal out cf Kine A through Mine B, but I nover hoard that Mino A would be olosed until all tho mon joined UMil. "I novor ottonded any of tho mootings hold by the minors on tho Mine & situction, oxoopt tho first ono, at PM. Holl, whoro thoro wos a lot cf arguing. I didn't want to got mixed up in any troublo so I novor wont aroin. "I roturned to tho mino two or throo days aftor it oponed and signod up UMMA ot tho mino bofore I wont to work. I romombor that we ix-” more docks when wo first startod up. = "Both unions woro about tho samo but I favor PMA booauag it is moro domoeratio and rosponsiva to tho rank end filo, ; i - 320 + ee __. ., - -~ ~ tend aniaeinene ance nee senda Ria ateneeh it tahitian ter in med