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 : v9.1 HW 45927 DBocld: 32301661 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10279-10196 HQ CR 92-521 5.25 Document Information FBI LINKER, NORBERT R. DIRECTOR, FBI 04/30/1962 126 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 05/12/1999 INDEFINITE INC ADMIN PAGE Page 1 Date: 6/24/201 Released under the John Kennedy Was5assination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Nate). ases#: NW 45927 Date: Hi-iv-z0i7
NK 92-937 NRL: spa cia ADMINISTRATIVE | on 1/31/62, PCI Ca pepemitavised that the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), Department of the State of New Jersey, is insisting that all members of the teamsters as unions complete a questionnaire which in part pertains to their criminal background if any. In cases where a teamster member has been arrested, he is required to set forth on this questionnaire the date of his arrest, the charge, . . and the disposition, plus a photograph for the files of the ABC... As a result of the 3's insistence that this questionnaire be complet in its entirety, ANTHONY PROVENZANO ordered JACOB( FRIEDLAND, attorney for Teamsters. Joint Council 73, to fight this issue in the courts if necessary in order. to prevent the disclosure of any teamster's background. w | related that as a result of this request . by ABC, - PROVERZANO had a memo prepared and distributed tes to all teamsters within the State of New Jersey, which - informed the membership that this order by the ABC was illegal and that the membership was not required to complete the portion of the questionnaire which pertained to the criminal background. PCI[__ Jadvised further that this memo instructed the membership to immediately report any situation where the management of a particular firm insisted that this be completed... This was to have been immediately reported to PROVENZANO's office but under no circumstances were the’ members to complete it ae & 4 they. did not. desire to. , . i PCI stated that JACOB FRIEDLAND’s son, DAVID, * young attorney, who recently joined his father’s — _ practice, was understood to have been responsible for the research into the. legal precedence on this matter. ! Lord | a) Sw ofa A , -————~ statea that the recent: arrest £, bo eo pd sazvarons) SRTGSGLID NUNZIO~ VENZANO, and EUSTICEy . by the Néw York City Police Depa¥tment -has not. beer cussed by any of the officials of Local 560. to date. :. PCI stated that the fact that they have not discussed ~ this matter indicates that the lesser known figure of these three; namely, ROBER, will in all probability. -be ordered to admit the extortion and thereby exonerate PROVENZANO’s brother, NUNZIO, and BRIGUGLIO. . At that ‘point, Co nade available a 29- page pamphlet entitled, "Your Pension Program, Pension _ Pund of Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Inc.” HW 45927 DBocld:32301661 Page 2 B
NK 92=937 — NRL: spa The provisions of this pamphlet sets forth the following officials responsible for the management of this phase of the teamsters operation in New Jersey. The administrator of the fund is reflected as MARVIN ZALK; Legal Counselors are JACOB FRIEDLAND and LOUIS P, BRENNER; Consulting Actuaries are Johnson and Higgins, New York, New York; Investment Counselor is listed as Ldhman Brothers, New York, New Yor, The ‘Board of Trustees for the Pension Fund are listed in a two~ LIPK Act 6 (4) part breakdown, one being for the union and the other: for the employers. The trustees representing the. union . are listed as: LAWRENCE MC DERMOTT,. -EDWARD.. HUGHES ; * and | WILLIAM FARRELL. The trustees_re} ting the snplerers are PCI | cc advised that MC » DERMOTT is business agent for Local 641, IBT; HUGHES is business agent for Local 560; and. FARRELL is: business agent for Local 617. identified SAMUEL BETIX as an official of the Denver Chicago Trucking Company of Secaucus, New Jersey, and CLARENCE FRANKEL as the terminal manager of Cooper=Jarrett, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey. The pamphlet goes into: the intricacies of the Pension Fund setting forth those who are and who are not eligible for a pension of $125 upon reaching the age of 65. The pamphlet reflects that there are five types of | pensions available to teamster members, the highest in dollar rating being $125 per month. Cc COVER PAGE HW 45927 Docld:32301661 Page 3
HW 45927 NK 92-937 | NRL: spa a ADMINISTRATIVE On 3/28/62, PCI [L__] was - pecontacted, at which time he advised that approximately one month ago. he attended a Local 560 Board of Trustees’ meeting in the offices of the local'’s attorney, Mr. JACOB FRIEDLAND, He stated that during the course of this meeting, FRIEDLAND announced that the loan of $275,000 of Welfare Fund money, which was to have been made available to the owners of the Pine Brook Auction, Route 46, Pine Brook ,” ‘New Jersey, had’ fallen through in that it had been determined by FRIEDLAND that the owner of this establishment had committed suicide, a) stated that although he has been unable to determine identities of. the ‘Individuals who are to receive a $200,000.00 loan for the resovation of their bowling alley located in the vicinity of New Brunswick, . New Jersey, he has received information indicating that this business firm is owned by two brothers of Italian extraction who reside in the North Hudson County area. advised that PROVENZANO has apparently issued orders to his business agents and organizors to be more discreet in their dealings with employers as conversation ‘in the trucking industry indicates that very few employers are at this time having difficulty with the enforcement of the area wide contract. ‘stated that this is a result of the adverse publicity which PROVENZANO has re= ceived in local newspapers of late and believes this period of relative peace will continue at least through the period in which his own litigation is pending. [_|statea that inquiries by the FBI at trucking terminals through the metropolitan Newark area have also alerted the business agents, stewards, and organizors; and, therefore, they. are being very circumspect in their dealings with the employers and teamster members. © ‘stated that he will attempt to dis- creetly obtain the identities of the owners of the bowling alley establishment to whom PROVENZANO is making available $200,000 of Local 560 Welfare Fund money... E ‘COVER PAGE DocId:32301861 Page 4