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! ! ‘ i | AO Eg oo a 0 KE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL reovite WiTH The following investication was condugted by wee a ey at Springfield, Illinois, on Septem ber 18, 1945. 4t his residence interviewed his life. It wes note impression, and it is felt he wou were neccssarye Springfield, Illinois, Agents who advisod he never has been arrested in is rather intelligent and mado a good make a good witnoss if his testimony Agents obtained from him the following signed statement: wp. ingfiold, Ill. Sopt. 18, 1943 ty, SR civ the fotlowing informtion to SD a 2 ee om to me to be Spece Agents of the F. Be e wo oats or promiscs have been pide mo to rct me to givo this infor= mation, I com now employed by Fe rrp coerce I worked at Mince 4 Bes: uD to hor. 2 was a Company mon while there. 4 Puc ho union at Mine A Iwas born an 1OTL changed te = - Ae ? — —_ the rest to go to P. M. Ae, I didn't make any difference to me which union I bolonged to they both trestod me alike. "In 194. whon Elshoff took over Mince 'A’ I heerd of it through talking with other men and clso tru the pspers. We heard that the men who had been thero were to eet thoir job back, I didn't think when I first heard of this that there would be any treuble at all. From 1932 to 1941 I never had any compleint with tho local, I wos satisficd the way things wore going. ifter Elshoff bouzht the mine nobody cvor contectcd mo es to my opinion on things or as to joining ovcr to U. Me W. Thoro wes some talk thet Elshoff would shut down one of theso minc but it wns said that the mon from the mine thet was shut down would be ontitled to work in the ono left open, this was just talk. I nover hoard that Elshoff would opon Mine A only on the condition thot the men wont over to U. M. W. Those rumors I heard didn't make a grout doal of difference to me, I just figurod I'd go Belong with the rest of the boys clthough som: of the boys didn't. "ty boliova I attended a mocting at Rodmans Holl, I dont recall attending «ny involving tris quostion ot P, M. A. and I didn't go to the one at the Elks Club. JI don't recsull how I wae told to come to this meet~ ing or what the purpese of it wos. There wos quite © cro d thors. I joined tho U. H. We at tho Holl in the U. M. W. Bldg. 1 believe, 5 in charge of this, therc wus o fow men who held back but finally theyyenemged over some never did sign over. I signed becouse overyone else did and they