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ee ilar Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL 4, 1943 by opecis was born He is hard of nearing and very stow mentally. satisfactory witness, — fF urnished the folloring signed statement! “Springfield, Ill. Sept. 14, 1°43 . en arrested. He would make an un- "TI, olioving voiuntary statement to Make the whom I know to be Special Agents of t nvessigstion. J make it without fcar of threat, force or promise of any kind. "T tas born I esontiv employed a Soringricic. "I first started vorking in co21 mines in about in Tllinois. I joined ths United kinc Yorkers of America Union in 1932. I was not forcca in any wav to change from Ud to PRA. I wanted to get back to work so I joined Fra beciuse most of the men had. "In the summer of 1941 I read that Elehoff had bought Mine "A" from Ryan and I was not happy. I thought conditions would not be good, b:causs of ths trouble there had beon at Mino "BY, "I did not tolk with any one about the matter and I did not attend any meetings between the time Elshoff bought Mine “A™ and the tims I “ont back to work at Einc "A, which was about a month after Mine "A" opened in tne fll of 1941. "T knev there were som; moatings during this time, but I did not fo to any, and I heard and read that nost of the mcn who had norked at wine A had voted to go over to Buw. But I did not po back to work ct Min. "as" until about = month aftcr it opened, in about Oct. 1941, and when I did I went dow to Unt’ hcoadquarters and joined UMW. No one forced or threntened me in any wry, and I joined UM¥ so I could york in Hine "A", I vould hive preferred to stay with PMs because T thought it was < better union. - 372 - s sdnatibe thadiaathenit tine dtneres sities ‘von_Aimtivn tities anion abeathctts Bells na iedeliiaen iaaemmetii at peel oe 2h neil one dees