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RE: JOHY L. LEIS, ETAL INTERVIE! WITH ee. Springfield, Nl., CY wos intervicwod 6% his rosidanco on Soptomber 18, 1945, dy mis Jerstande Eag)i Streeter ene ee ees Wi man sposks and undorstands Znglish sulficiontly wa noven te tussily, which ho will d- if nocossary. Ho admittod having beon arrested for drunkonnoss in Spri:cficid, Tllinois, but claimod to have no othar arsost record. Ho Springfioid, Illinois Soptombor 18, 1943 _____ make tho following voluntary statoment whom I know te be Spociol agonts of tho my ov froo will, with no throats or te Fodorel Buran. cf Investigation, of promises modo to mo. z nea ue . 3A ree it "Tam livinz at springfield, Tll., and em workinn at Ming 4. I was born ond camo to tho Unitod Stetos whon I-ms about a year old. T recolved ny citizenship whon my fathor wos naturcligod. T started worgzing at Mino A in having boon a member of tho U.M.W. since whon I jcined a In 1982, I switchod over tc the Pregross Mino Workors of jnmoriéa. vyotod for the switch, ond was in faver cf it, thinking it would bo e change for the botter. In 1941, I rojcinod tho U.M.di. "I saw in tho nowspapors that RYAN hod sold Mine 4 to ELSHOFT. I didn't think anything about it, and didn't hear any rumors that ho mi ght cporate Mine A through Mino B, or that ho would work with U.M.it. mon only in Mino 4. Wo ong talke? te mo about joining tho U.M.W. ot tho timo IT sew tho netico. I joined tho U.L.W., signing up at U.M.W. Holl. I haven't gone to any mootings at all, oithor cf tho P.MeAs. or U.M.W. 1 sow uptown one day, and ho tcld mo thoro wes going to be a nooting ot UW, Holl for tho mon to sign up. I deontt know cf any cthor mootings whioh might have boon hold, ani dentt know anything moro ebout the mttor. Sinso I havo ' boan working wndor U.M... at Mino 4 I have sagn no difforonce in conditions from what thoy warg undor P.M.i, ot tho mine. I signed with U.M.W. boohuso I thought I hnd to to koop my jeb, and know I oouldn't got any othor job. “I havo had road tho forocoing to mo, and stato that it is truo tc tho best of my kmowlodra. —_. ( — OTE 31 Sprincficlc, 311." - 517 -