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La ae ‘ yt ERE reg: Da ys - Baye ‘ , ney Ny tat et ee ete ta at ena ee a ee a, Ro, JOHN L. LEVIS, PT AL as Illinsis, wos jointly intorviowed ot his _rosiconco on Sceptcrmbcr 16, 1943 by Special arcnts is prosontly working at the Fanther 2an2 Fp inois under the Fitz. He is alert, recaily easy: red all questions, but cic not attend any of tho PMA meotincs in uptember, 19¢1 whon tho PIU. Local at Mino 4 was disoussing joining the Ul. Ho stated he wes contacted by formor FPuA men to join the Wi! ane @i2 s0 mercly tc keop his job. He oxecutod the following written etatoment;: “Sprincfield, Illinois Septorber 16, 1945 “ ake tho followine voluntary statoncnt to » When I knay to be Spccicl .rents ef the Fodoral Burecu cf Investirction, U. S. Deaprtrent of Justice. *T resico a Sprinzficlé, Illinois. I am prosently erpicyede c no rcnther Crece Mino #5, Sprinrfiold, Illinsis, which job I have hee since about the first of Iarch, 1943. I wos cuploye? ct line 4 from cbout until Fotrucry, 1943. I quit Vorhin- at thet mine tc recto jcb nosrer my horse. I wes born in I orrived in tho U. S. in fo Se Citizcn at Springfield, 11 I was s about netur:.lizecé sanz “The first nine union I joinod wis the United *ino (arke rofcrrad to heroincofter os the Tl: unti whon I cf umorics | eed | I workoe in tho mince in crc to Soringficle. In 1932 I woe workin> at reabody ifinc #59 and I jcoinoc the rrocrossivs ‘tino -orkers of imericc, referrod to herainafter es tho Fill, st thie mine of ry orn frec will. I workoe there until I went to iliing « in I was setiefied workinrc unccor the Pa I first learnoé thet Elshoff he2 bourht Mine 4, in 1941 by talk amon¢ tho mincrss. i cid mot weleccre tho chanze fron kynan to Elehoff, beocuse I thourht the conditions at tho mino would be better uncer Ryan, and the Pia and as it werked svt, thet wos truc. Under Ryan end the Phin, the workin: conditione wero ¢code “No UH! orranizers appronoched me to join the Ui, but SD GE 2h cnotic), © PI man_and five or six othors whose nanes recall, come to ny houso. old me if I wanted to kecp ry job, I had to join the Uil’ cs the m woulé nct cpen unless the miners joined the Wil. He dig not usa any threats or explain why he thought it would be like this. and sgevercl men with him were telking to the othar ~ 50S « eT te pat mere nick ee TT Beer te tS