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ee gener = LINTERVIE, WITH ([ERRMIR who resides at , RE: JOHN L. LEVIS, ET AL Springfield, Illinois, wae interviewed } at his moloynent on ing of September 1943, by Soecial Agents and is a person having an intelligence above that of the average miner oan express hinself well, and it is believed that he would make 4 good witness. He gave information set forth in the following statements “Springfield, Ill. September 16, 1943. "My rane is ee I em now employed st oringfield, Ill. I make the following statement to em whe have identified thenselves to me to be Specie] Agents of the Federal Buresu of In- vestigation, No promises, threats, or consideration of any kind has been given to me to make this stetement. ®I worked at Mine 4 from 1937 until the time thet the A joined the United Mine Workers. Twas ea member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, but I was never an officer in the local. Up until the time thet Ryan sold his interest in Mine A there was no talk at all about joining the Wilt. The men were very much antisfied as far as I know with the operstion of the loc], end elso of the international. + mine w pes Ynand a LVGVGL ey sense “Just after the omnouncement in the paper of the sale of the mine, I hear€ cbout men talking about changing unions. I did not attend the first meeting when this matter wes discussed. cerry I went to the second meeting of the local. 411 thet I can recall was that they talked about bop to do, it that time the reguler mine conn vtec, flim and one other who I do not recall, made a report that they mac attempted to see Eishoff, but that he nad refused to rec- ognize them, and hed seid that he wes going to operate es a United Mine Workers mine. ‘@ discussed the matter. Most of the men wanted to go back to work Bo we decided, and I think even QB to1s then too, to go beck to work as UMN, and then when the matter came up to a vote, to vote for the Progressives. Theat is what happened os fer as I know. The men went back to work. On the first cond day after the mine epee, A ac ansnin I went around to the minersa_ hones after that askin ° vote for e Frogressives when they come to vote. I also tried to get my tools out of the mine, but when I went out to the chet and some of the other UMY men there at the 5 would not le me down to get my tools unless I joines the UAW, ; *I did not go back to work at Mine & beonuse i woul t United Uine Workers. I Imd planned on going to work. and did not have any - 623 ~ | rr