v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: -DATE: PAGES: ‘SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Docld: 32310356 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI. 124-10302-10300 HQ 63-7112-1 Document Information FBI DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, LA 09/15/1961 4 RK, EMP, MED, ASSOC, TEAMSTERS UNION, BUSS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 12/16/1997 INDEFINITE 5/6/2015
» Conrad ee. 9/15/61 _ : iS AIRTEL oo \ f TO: SACs, LOS ANGELES} = . ST, LOUIS | of _ A SninetPonrs: ¢// OS i 3 . a -o ff ‘ . wa | DIRECTOR) FBI (63-pef#Q 7 a ‘ AMES /RID LE HOPFA; warn ‘sCHErB\ caf” N EARL“ SCHR e AUTO PAINT SHOPS; ANTHONY DORIA oo FRANE A, CHATFIELD; DICKCRAVNER . y MISCELLANEOUS = INFORMATION CONCERNING Me (ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD SECTION) (O00:LA) mo . ReLAaizvel 9/1/61, captioned "JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA; 3, GEORGE BURRIS; FIRST BERKELEY CORPORATION OF NEW YORK; MISCELLANEOUS ~ INFORMATION CONCERNING (ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD SECTION), urfile 62-5008, Bufile 63-6666, and particularly to page 2 of the enclosure \ thereto captioned "EARL SCHZIB" and re page 4 of LAtel dated 8/31/61, in the same case, which set- out information received by Les Angeles | from an informant referred to therein as "Clip," as set out below: . . Swe The informant advised that Anthony Doria who formerly was associated with the United Automobile Workers of America, American Federation of Labor (AFL), organized the employees of Barl Scheib Auto Paint Shops, a nationwide automobile painting concern, into that union at an unstated date in the past. This labor contract Pe weportedly was) transferred later to an independent union which > ey, DGria represented after Doria was ousted by the AFL. Anthony BS Shoo allegediy has been and still is working for Hoffa, even a -Qjough Doria purportedly represents an independent union, 8 The informant related that Scheib's labor contract is now being taken over by Local 495, Teamsters Union, Los Angeles, California, of which Frank A, Hatfield is the Secretary. Hatfield “—~—was said to be under Hoffa's control and agreeable to signing any . contract Hoffa tells him to signs, This tranSfer to Local 495 of Reno _SGheib’s labor contract allegedly/was engingered by Dick Kavner, , cat eS eR, 8 ey Callahan ; { MCT - , - : < aaa (9)7 { WANOTE: The informant ih Ithis case is Meyer "Mike". “ , Singer, a former Teamst@rsSiindGni Stficial a in Los Angeles and formerly a close Travel | (ite associate of Hoffa's, °°. Tele. Room Ingram yar. room (WI reverype unr L_] ill fe 8 Ty ey TOR t , Rr Ou lees aa a DeLoach Evans Malone Rosen Sullivan Tavel o . oe ad ~ apes Gandy ——— peg peiy pies ( DocId: 32310356 Page 2?
AIRTEL TO SACS, LA,SL, MP a | Ba: . JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, EARL SCHEIB, etc, an international organizer for the Teamsters Union. Kavner was reported to be a sick man who wants to leave the Teamsters Union - but Hoffa does not trust Kavner and will not let him go, Kavner . reportedly is in Mayo Clinic at the present time and the source _ feels that Kavner may be “ripe” for intensified inquiry. oo According to the informant Earl Scheib has been paying _ Doria regularly during the life of a “sweetheart” contract, Scheib keportedly spends every day at the race track and every night _ getting drunk at the Bel Monico Restaurant, 828 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, which Scheib alse owns. Scheib allegedly loses a lot. of. money gambling . ad the informant believes that payoffs to Doria may be covered ia this fashion. _ The Bureau has:.opened a new case, captioned the same as this airtel, with Los Angeles as origin and the field should do. likewise, A full and complete investigation concerning all of the afore-mentioned items should be initiated immediately, an _. hes Angeles should immediately reinterview the informant toe obtain further specifics concerning. all. of the above-mentioned matters with particular emphasis:on ascertaining, if possible, his sources and-any evidence’ that might -xexist which will establish that these allegations are<true;: The.additional information the informant furnishes. concerning this matter should be incorporated into a letterhead. memorandum suitable for dissemination to the — | Criminal Division, which should be forwarded to the Bureau by cover airtel, The identity of ‘the informant. should be concealed therein and, of course, he should net. be referred to as “Clip.” The ee . additional information given by the informant. also should be utilized | as the basis for further. avenues of investigation in this case and appropriate leads based thereon should be set out and covered immediately, ~~. a oS a As stated above the investigation. in this case should be complete and thorough in all respects.: The field should conduct - all. logical investigation to determine the veracity .of this 7 information, | It is pointed out'that through imaginative and probative investigation it. may be possible to develop violations of Section 186, | Pte 29, U.S. Code.on the-part of Scheib, Doria and Hatfield, - OF possibly Hoffa, if it can. he established that-he:has shared in - any payoff made by Scheib ‘tora union officials, I ; mo . — . ~ a to EN —-=- > a oa a wot. we | DocId: 32310356 Page 3