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Se re eee ny _ RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL NIERVIEW WITH was intorviowod Spocinl Agents and does not read nor write English, and 1lé prosontiy sufforin> from eye trouble. Duc te his inability to undorstand English woll, he mows littlo cf whot happened at Mine 4 and is not rocommonded as a wit- ness. His statement is ns follows: "Sept. 17, 1943 Springfiold, Til. , mike the following volun- and Special Agonts of the Foderaol No thrcate or promisos heve boon mode to induce me n I, terv statement to Bureau of Investigations to make a stitonent. cane tc the U. S. in and on not a Ue S. citizen. I have been & minor .1] my lifo and started work- ing at Kine 4 in about end om still working there. I first jcinod the U, Me We and in about 1932 I joined Progressive. As far as I know there ie- nit any difference betwoon the twc unions. I have never pai¢ much attention. to union activitics. "TI was born in "In the early foll I heard thet Ryen sold Mino A to Elehoff. I didn't focl good abcut it, bocauso I was afraid I would lose my job. ‘I hoord n lot of talk, but didn't understand mech of it og I don't understand much English. Sonebody said they might work Mino A through Mino B and 58 one body elec said maybe no work at all. "I addn't go to any of the Progrossivo nectings that I romember of. I know thet I wont to somo hell enc signed up for tho U. MM. W. aftcr ovory- body cise signed up. "Nobody cver threatened me or beat mo ups I joincd U. Me W. bocause I wantcd to koop ny job. Since I am gotting old I wantod to bo sure I hed a job, “This statenent hes boen road tc me CY ane it is true to tho boat of ay TIOWOPY « /:/ a, "Witnesses /s/ Special Agents, FBI _ /s/ U. S. Dept of Justice" i ee ne ee RY Ee RR eR he SE SS ARS “SSeS A ON-AIR SRR ARR NTS he