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se im see eA em ee . “4 ; a tte eee auveme - JOR L. LEVIS, ET AL r : E, me b ke &, 7 a) ITH The following investigetion wag conducted by Special | Agents and at Scringfield, Illinois on September 10, 1945. At the residence of Srringfield, Illinois, Agents interviewed him and he advise ever = hes been errerted in his life. appeared to be a very intelligent incivicua s & wonderful voice and reedily furnished 01] information he posesgeed concerning line A. It is felt thet he would nake a very good witness if his testimony ig necessary. dgonts obtcined from him the following signed statements rao Ill. Sept. 10, 1948 "I givo the following stateront to Gy who cre knovm to ma to be Special agents of FBI. No threats or prarises have beon made me to procure this steterent and I give it of mr own free will, I wee born in es I joined the 0... in about ggg hon it was tire. ornsece I ho Union under Harrington. ay about the time it wes opene worked there for tho last Qe up until about VeOre Of 0. -- = "In 1932 when there wae a eplit and the P.!..A. was formed I did all I sould to get the ~en to breok away from U.i.™, and join Pelieae I attondod zome moeting of P.ILA. from 1932 to 1941 but I was not so active os I should. The union at thet time woe a minors union and the miners were satisfied with it. It woe the general volicy for Vine a to shut down ecch spring and to reopon each foll. Prior to 1941 I knew of no movement te return to U.i... or of any group that warted auch a change. A fellow named and one T believe naned Cudge Beungarner of Leveson, oame to ne mpout 2 or S$ weeks before the siitoh back ow U.E.W. ond told ms that if we would ohmnge back to Uelb‘. thet mine would open. ,Bourgarner told me thet Falsetti had told hix thet if we would go over to Ustiene the mine would reopen et once. They did not tell me that if wo didn't return to the U.F.i. line & would be operated through ]ine B but I heard conversation to thet effect. After they told me thie Bawumgerner suggested we tried to got up a nectinge - 479 - Fm em ae a i eg SR ee re i LE iE I ARNE Sm