NK 92-937 NRL: spa ADMINISTRATIVE On 2/8/62, PCI CL St™~‘C~CS™~S rn contacted, at which time he advised that several matters had been brought to his attention concerning the activities of Local 560 which he thought worthy of mention. ~ He explained that since the inception of 560°s Welfare and Pension i Programs, the Passaic-Bergen Counties’ ‘Fund has operated at a profit, whereas the Hudson County ‘Fand has had deficits | periodically. PCI explained that even though this fact is easily proven by the annual audits, Local 560's attorney, JACOB FRIEDLAND, attended the last Board of Trustees meeting which was held just prior to Christmas (1941) and demanded that the Passaic=Bergen Board of Trustees is a Boasd member) raise the employer contribution rate from $.31 per hour to the Hudson (County rate of $.33 per hour. ; a stated that he was vacationing in Florida at the time. of this meeting, however, learned on return that the other two employer trustees, ALBERT SCALEITI and MARCHINI, voted against the proposal of FRIEDLAND. learned that FRIEDLAND explained to the Board that: the $.02 differential between the Hudson and the Passaic=- Bergen Fund had created suspicion among the Hudson County Terminal owners and investigative agencies and felt that both funds should therefore immediately establish the same identical contributory rates. a that the second problem brought | before the Trustees has been FRIEDLAND’s insistance that the employers of all 560 members contribute the $.33 per hour Welfare and Pension rate for all casual help regard= less of whether the individuals are members of 560, The PCI explained that in the majority of cases where a terminal requires additional man power, generally in Passaic and Bergen Counties, the union is unable to supply the men needed. When this occurs, he and other terminal operators have an available supply of labor which will work their regular employment and thereafter join the night or early morning shifts at the particular termina’ in need of man power, He related that in almost all cases . when this type of labor is hired, the men are members of unions . other than 560, FRIEDLAND'’s insistance that the trucking F COVER PAGE HW 45927 DBocld:32301861 Page 5
NRL: spa RK 92-937 @TEK Act 6 (4) operators contribute $. 33 an howr for non-Teamster help which is hired, is not only suspicious but unjustified. He stated that when the employer members. of. ‘the Board of Trustees refused to vote in favor of these two proposals by FRIEDLAND, FRIEDLAND demanded that they bring the matters before the New Jersey State Board of Mediation, 1100 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey. L | thereafter produced a copy of State Mediator’s THOMAS A. KNOWLTON’s decision and award in both of the above proposals. Both questions, namely, increasing the Passaic-Bergen truckers contribution to $.33 per hour and the contribution of $.33 to 560°s Welfare. and Pension Fund for non-union men, was sdjudicated in favor of the union, both effective as of 2/1/62, - | states that he and. all other trucking | employers with whom he has been in. eontact since this decision was reached by KNOWLTON, are cutraged for several reasons: first, why should the Passaic-Bergen operators ‘be forced to increase their rates from $.31 to $.33 per hour when their fund issolvent and Hudson County’ Fund which receives $.33 per hour is running into deficit; ‘second, why should the employers in Passaic and Bergen Counties contribute Welfare and Pension monies to 560 for men who are not members of that union, particularly, when these mon will not. ‘be entitled te insurance, medical treatment and pension, rights under 560°s contract. — rie ge PCI stat ed ‘that he is of the opinion that State. Mediator THOMAS A> KNOWLTON has been “bought” by PROVENZANO in order to have re lered a decision in the union's favor. Correlated that the next matter brought to his attention involves the loans of $200,000.00 and $275,000.00 by Local 560°s Welfare Fund to two separate business: firms within the past three: ‘months. PCI explained that one SEYMOUR )/PASKOW, a Newark ('— realtor, approached the Passaic-Bergen | ounty Board 04 of Trustees and informed them that he had ‘learned that Local 560 was making . available funds for mortgages.  PASKOW stated that he. then had two clients in need ofworking capital and . thereafter presented to the Board a picture of his clients’ HW 45927 net worth, including bills, rent, and potential. : G COVER PAGE Docld:32301861 Page 6-
NK 92-937 NRL: spa stated. ‘that . on the approval” ‘of ‘the trustees of the Passaic and Bergen Counties Fund and PROVENZANO, , PASKOW was. furnished checks. in. the amount of $200, 000. 60 and $275,000 500. C= related that the loan of $200, 000 at 6 per cent interest for an unrecalled number of years went. to two _brothers, the names of whom he. could not recall who own a bowling alley located in New Brunswick , New- Jersey. This loan was.ostensibly. for improvements of their alleys. | .fhe sum of $275,000 at 6: ‘per cent: for fifteen. years was furnished the ‘owners of the Pine Brook Auction, ‘Route 46, Pine Brook, New Jersey . }etated that this group. placed their. building and 12 acres, -Of land up.as collateral _for this Apan. ; - PEL: advised that he possesses" no derogatory ‘information. concerning PASKOW of the firmé he represented. _in these negotiations: however, he. thought this: information. worthy of mention. CL _ldia’ state, however, that a — possibility exists that PROVENZANO and others in the Teamsters Union who would finally authorize these loans could be receiving a percentage of the. mortgage. money for having placed their stamp of. approval on these matters. It should . be noted that in the other case where the PCr ‘made available information concerning a $460,000 loan: by 560 to. the United States Glass and Chemical Company . of Pittsburgh and New. York, an investigation revealed that this firm was,at the time of the loan, under . investigation by the Securities. Exchange Commission, It was determined that this firm. had changed its name to United. States | -Diversified Industries as. a result of this: pending investigation. At. the ‘eonclusion. of the contact with | he made available the following documents, which were | photostated and returned: oe eer memorandum submitted. to the New Jersey. , “State Board of Mediation, 1100 Raymond — -Boulevard,. Newark , by GEORGE M, EICHLER, _Attorney fer the employer trustees of the * trucking employers of Passaic and Bergen : ‘Counties Welfare Fund, whose effices are located at. 921. Bergen. Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. HW 45927 Docld:32301861 Page 7
oye ig en iv . y ‘ ' in Way . yA " ‘“ € GEORGE M. EEIcHEL'ER: COW nSELILOUR AT HoaAw 921 BERGEN! AVENUE JUERSEY; City 6, (NEW JERSEY SWARTHMORE 18-8700 January: 11, 1962) Clifford B. Finkle Jr., President: Passaic: Terminal and Transportation. Co. Inc. Bloomfield Avenue. Allwood Sect bon Clifton, N.J. . Re: Employer Trustees and Dear Kr. Finkle: Union Trustees of the Trucking Employees of Passaic .and Bergen County Welfare Fund. Enclosed herewith ‘please find copy of Memo- randum on behalf of Employer Trustees im the above. en- titled matter. Enel. _ HW 45927 DocId:32301661 Page 6 Very truly yours, iS COVER. PAGE
HW 45927 NK 92-937 “NRL: bac ADMINISTRATIVE . . iJFK Act 6 (4) New Haven and New York will note that the Administrative pages do not include the photostat copies of the information made available by PCI a on 2/8/62 as this information is not pertinent to those divisions, The Bureau is being furnished a complete set of the photostats in each of the three reports. Newark is retaining one sét and Detroit is being furnished a set for information. JJ COVER PAGE DoclId: 32301861 Page 3
' NK 922937 NRL: spa . INFORMANTS: identity of. Source NK T=1_ NY 1716-C NK T= | oe NK 1-3 PCI JOSEPH SINNO (brother: of. missing. 560 . organizor :§ SALVATORE ' SIRNO) NK T=-4 NK 2182-C RK T-5 Mrs “Landlady SALVATORE SINNO’s former residence . 1615 ‘Hudson ‘Boulevard . i North. Bergen, New _dersey NK T-6 PCI JOSEPH SINNO RK. [7 PCr a RE T-8 Special Agent. PAUL G. MAHON ‘Intelligence Unit Internal Revenue: Service : 250 Livingston. Street. Brooklyn, New ‘York. (By request) WRK 7-9. Nx T-10 Former Por] O° CONNOR NK T-11. Mrs. WINIFRED. SINNO, Estranged wife of. SALVATORE: SINNS , former organizor.. of. Local. 560 oe LL -COVER PAGE HW 45927 Docld: 32301861 Page 10
NRL: spa INFORMANTS (cont'd) ~ mK z 12 JFK Act 6 (4) Eastern Regional. Manager. . Super. Service Motor Freight Company. South Kearny, New, Jersey MM COVER PAGE HW 45927 DBocld:32301661 Page 11
NE 92-937 NRL: spa NK T-4 made available a némeographed letter which. he advised was sent to him through the mail @uring mid January of 1960, This letter was prepared by an insurgent group in Local 560, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS (IBT), Union City, New Jersey. This letter was made available by NE "pnd and is headed as follows; "560 Teamster Voice of the Rank and File, written and distributed by Local 560 Members, Labor Donated, P.O. Box 1016, Secaucus, New Jersey" and bears the caption "Special Issue". The letter reads as follows: “Phe next regular meeting of Local 560 which should. be held this month, will give us the opportunity . to vote on important amendments to our local by-laws, which were proposed by Rank & Filers at the November. meeting. Some of these amendments are reprinted | here in this paper. There are real important ones, . such as our right to elect our own Shop Stewaré, one that gives every member the opportunity to vote in elections of officers without taking time off, standing in long lines or traveling many miles to the polling place. "The support of every Rank & Filer possible is needed to pass these amendments. The VOICE is sending out this SPECIAL EDITION to alert all members for this. next. meeting, and the importance of attending. We cannot give you the date or place of this meeting at this time,. but if you are a good union member, you will check with your Steward, and the Union Hall to find out. You should make this mext meeting a MUST, and VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THESE AMENDMENTS. "Article XXVI Section 26.01 of Constitution and By-Laws of Local 560 To Read; "This Constitution may not be amended except ‘ by majority secret ballot vote of all members present at any meeting specially called for such purpose for a period of one year from its adoption. Thereafter proposals for the amendment of this Constitution may only be submitted at a regular meeting of the Union to be held in November of each yes®.. The proposed amendments, unless otherwise provided for herein, shall be submitted to the Union and read at one regular meeting and voted upen at the next regular meeting. 46 HW 45927 DBocld:32301861 Page 12