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. | € : oy i KITH was interviewed by Special dconts Tap appeared to be an ho and sincere man, but stated he had no information of value to instant case, It is believed he would make a poor witness for this reason. There is set forth below the signed statement executed by "Sept. 17, 1943 aed Springf ield, Till. "I, make the following voluntary statement to pecial Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. No threats or promises have been made to induce me to make any statement. —— ar Ieee by first started mining in about QS Bie Fo Met was the “only mine I worked at and I worked here until about the latter part of the fall of 1941. I had been thinking of stopping mining for about 8 years before I finally quit. "I was a member of U.M.W. until about 1932 when I joined P.M.A. I never paid any attention to the unions and only joined because it was necessary to belong in order to work. "I remember getting a letter from Ryan saying he had so to Elshoff. The fact thet he sold the mine didn't mean a thing to me heard the PMA had some meetings after the sale of the mine but I go to any of the meetings because it didn't mean anything to me and wasn't interested. ra ro) ad sol “I joimed the UM at the mine when I started work in the fall & only worked for about a month. Since I wasn't interested, I didn't form any opinions as to why the men switched to UMil, "I have read over this 2 page statement and wish to atate it is true to the best of my memory. /:/ hhitnessed: pe Gis seo Agents, F.B.I., U.S. Dept. of Justice. " ~ 598 -