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 Doclda:32309677T Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10300-10043 HQ CR 92-5215-2, 1 Document Information FBI LINKER, NORBERT R. DIRECTOR, FBI 05/23/1961 75 APR, ASSOC, LOCAL 560, ELECTION, CRIMINAL ACT, LOAN, US GLASS AND CHEMICAL INC. PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/09/1998 INDEFINITE INC ADMIN PAGE, RPT 6/24/20!
; ED- 263 (tev. on ov «3 |, SN, wa eh * i ' a | pte. & #5 FEDERAL BU REAU OF INVESTIGATION ror ores NEWARK ome /28/61 on 5/15/61 | : TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY NORBERT R, LINKER . | emg CHARACTER OF CASE Hi t i ; | i) ! FT } ; The title of this report is mark hanged to reflect the captioned local's address as Union: City, N, J, It has. been determined that. though on the borderline of Union City, | the local's' offices at 707 Summit Avenue are in the corporate OK limits of Union City, N. J, REFERENCES | ) Report of SA JOHN F, BURKE dated 3/24/61 at Newark, | Washington Field airtel to the Director dated 4/26/61 captioned |. JOSEPH'ARTHUR ZICARELLI, aka, AR, rig vA ADMINISTRATIVE DATA a $ : | Efforts to determine the feasibility of a highly f if confidentini source at Local 560's offices in Union. city a and 7 pe ao Jersey City have been underway since 4/10/61, a ink Newark is presently conducting a Labor Managénent: ! orting and Disclosure Act of 1959 raini SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW COPIES MADE: 3% Bureau (92-5215) G45 a ot A C4 —_ Washington Field (92-458) — pe 105 2 = New York " | 2 = Newark (92-937) : B MAY D4 1961 © — AN oe —, go B guy. ” - Grom fly WAG AZo eal 2 OY ay : Dissemination Record of Attached Report Notations e Doclda:32309677T Page 2?
oo a f Ye NK 92-937 the assault upon GEORGE EDWARD PHILIPS, which occurred on 5/2/61. An Anti-Racketeering investigation is. presently being conducted at Newark concerning HAROLD KONIGSBERG, Extra care and caution should be used concerning information furnished by PCI CLIFFORD FINKLE as exposure of this individual could conceivably result in physical harm — to him and would undoubtedly effect his business operation, 2 Cover Page | Docld: 32309677 Page 3
wan 7-8 ._. On March 15, 1961, PCI CLIFFORD FINKLE, SR., owner of the Passaic Terminal and Transportation Company, Inc., Bloomfield Avenue, Allwood, New Jersey (a large local Cartage Agent) advised SA NORBERT R, LINKER, that he is one of three representatives of management on the six man Board of Trustees of the Passaic and Bergen County Branch of Local 560's Welfare Fund. He stated that in this capacity as a Trustee he meets with all of the union officials and fellow board members as often as twice a month at the union's Weifare Fund Office, 591 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. He related that the board is presently composed of ZIGMUND PSKOWSKI, also known as "ZIGGIE"; JOSEPH SANTIELLO, ‘also known as "STIXIE", and EDWARD HUGHES, all of whom “. \ | represent Local 560; ALBERT SCALETTI, owner of 9 trucking concern in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey; ALBE CHINI, “iy; Owner of Moon Carriers, Clifton, New Jersey, and himself. we . yo - He advised that JACOB FRIEDLAND, attorney for the local, attends the board meetings and presides over disputes arising over welfare rates, medical eligibility problems and many Operational procedures, FINELE stated that although unable to prove his | suspicions at this time he believes that the funds assigned to the Welfare Fund are being misappropriated by the . recipient of the monies before they, are disbursed to insurance companies, dentists, etc., or they ‘are returned to the union officials in the form of a kickback, . He pffered the following reasons for his suspicions: ZSCA PLETE SCALETTI and MARCHINI readily agreed to accept employee contribution rate, demanded by PROVENZANO and PSKOWSKI even though it meant that a two cents loss would eventually be incurred by every owner operator within the sphere of the local, FINKLE explained that practically all trucking ‘company employees must now contribute 33 cents per hour, eight hours u day, five days a week, to the Welfare Fund for every member of Local 560, which the firm employs. He stated that a large firm such as his must therefore contribute as much as $25,000.00 a year, or more into a fund which they . Cannot audit to determine how the funds are spent. , Cc Cover Page DoclId: 32309677 Page 4
NK 92-937 NRL smrmd FINKLE stated that the irony of the. rate increase is that as a member of the Trustee Board he continues to refuse to pay the two cents rise in the rate and has not been bombarded by strike threats by the union. He stated that he did not know whether MARCHINI or SCALETTI are paying the increasedrate, but doubts that they are, B. As a trustee of the Welfare Fund he signs almost all of the Union Welfare checks payable to the physicians, ‘dentist, and the union optician. — FINKLE stated that he has signed checks for as much as $12,000.00 payable to a dentist on the rolls of the Welfare Fund for one month's services to 560 members and their families, He stated that he possesses no conclusive proof, but feels that theezornitant fees charges by the dentist must require them to kickback some per cent of the fees to the officials responsible for their selection as a participating dentist. | FINKLE stated that he was nut attempting to be facetious when he stated that any dentist making $12,000.00 a month would be the richest man in the profession over a . period of one year, C. He explained that under the present system voted by and adopted by the local, the 33 cents an hour > Welfare Fund rate is broken down as follows: Eleven cents goes to the Pension Fund, approximately six cents to. dental expenses, one cent for eye care, and the remainder is allocated to the medical and hospital insurance handled by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. FINKLE stated that he has from time to time attempted to query MARVIN ZALK, Administrator of the Welfare Fund, to learn the methods by which contributions from ‘employers ave handled and reflected; whether bills from dentists are checked for accuracy before checks are drawn for payment and the general. bookkeeping procedures for the funds. FINKLE stated that on every occasion ZALK has ‘Cover Page Docld: 32309677 Page 5
aon NK 92-937 NRL :mrmd politely refused to satisfy him and passed off his questions concerning the fund's bookkeeping operations with a statement to the effect that every administrative procedure is handled by his secretarial force to his (ZALK's) satisfaction and that FINKLE need not concern himself with that phase of the fund's operations. D. FINKLE stated that in an effort to prove to SA LINKER that something is radically wrong with the operations of the fund, he produced a three inch by six inch booklet entitied, "Trucking Employees Welfare Fund Dental Program". He offered the booklet to SA LINKER for his perusal and pointed out. that page seven of the booklet reads as follows:. "with this authorization card (referring to the members of | the Program). you will receive a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers of the participating dentists and the dental. plan office",. "Call the participating dentist you select for an appointment, You will get. a prompt appointment and we assure you that you will be treated with the utmost courtesy”, Upon completing the review of the booklet, FINKLE pointed out that to his knowledge no member of Local 560 has ever been furnished a list of participating dentists. He stated that in order to prove his point he would call Doctor LEO MARCUS, the Administrator of the Dental Progran, at the Local's 591 Summit Avenue office and FINKLE stated that he would pretext the call by indicating to MARCUS that many of his employees have requested that a list of the fund's participating dentists and their addresses he: posted at the terminal in order to save time, in selecting dentists of their choice, FINKLE called MARCUS' office, telephone number OL 3~-4330, in the presence of SA LINKER and asked for Doctor MARCUS, When informed that MARCUS was out, FINKLE identified himself to MARCUS' secretary and proceeded’ to explain the pretext. Upon completion of the call FINKLE stated that she informed him that a list of the participating dentists was not available to the men and that they were required to first appear in Doctor MARCUS' office for examination and that they were then assigned to a dentist by Doctor MARCUS. He pointed out that this policy was a clear E Cover Page Doclda: 32309677 Page 6
NK 92-937 NRL :mrmd contradiction to the procedures outlined in the Dental Program Booklet. E. Regarding the eye care phase of the Welfare Fund Program, FINKLE stated that all members of Local 560 and their families are entitled to eye examination and glasses whenever prescribed, FINKLE presented, the question, Why is there only one optician, PHILLEP/APFEL and Company, 210 Fulton Street, New Mea qualified to-examination and make glasses for membé: abet the Local? He stated that here again when signing Checks payable to APFEL he has noticed that APFEL has an extremely lucrative business through his affiliations with the local and has always been curious to know whether APFEL kickbacks a percentage of the fees charged to representatives of the union, responsible for securing his services, At that point, FINKLE produced a 14 page typewritten report entitled, "Investigation and Report of Delinquent ( Accounts for the Welfare Fund of Local 560, for the period of |; }\’ February 6, through March 8, 1961 prepared. by JOSEPHUMARAN,  _- JR.". ree cena FINELE pointed out that MARAN is a $150.00 a week employee working under MARVIN ZALK and is responsible for the collection of delinquent Welfare Fund accounts, of which there are always many. SA LINKER reviewed MARAN's investigation report . and observed he had subheadings for each delinquent account which included the name of the firm, the address, and the date the account last contributed to the fund. That was followed by a narrative stating further the date he inter- viewed the official of the delinquent firm in an effort to collect the funds and wherever his contact did not | result in either obtaining a check in the amount due or he had not secured assurances from the officials to whom he was addressing, that money was forthcoming, MARAN threatened the individual with suit against the firm, - Iwo exceptions to the threat of suit were noted during the review, the first was in his comments concerning F Cover Page Docld: 32309677 Page fF
NK 92-937 NRL: mrmd/emg "Pursuant to the instruction to the Board of Trustees, court proceedings have been started against OTTILLO and Sons, Russo Trucking, Smith and Jordan, and South Orange Express," "The union does not have. any signed contracts with PETER PETRIZZO or Redbird Trucking so no legal action could be taken against these two companies, "An informal arrangement. was worked out with Redbird Trucking, whereby Redbird would pay its current contribution and $250,00 per week toward its old unpaid balance of approximately $20,000.00, "To date the Welfare Fund has not received any payment from Redbird Trucking, either on their current contributions or their old unpaid balance, "I would suggest that a signed contract be obtained from Redbird and suit instituted," MARAN's preface continues to discuss several ‘other trucking concerns and the fact that they were all put on notice that unless they paid their account a suit would be instituted, FINKLE then made available a document dated March 6, 1961 directed to the trustees of the trucking employees of the Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund which lists 32 companies delinquent in their payments to the Welfare Fund, One of the firms noted was Redbird Trucking (no address), telephone TU 7-0020, which according to MARAN, last paid into the fund on September 3, 1960, Tie document points out that Redbird hires a tctal of 47 men on Local 560's union rolls, It is to be noted that in MARAN's preface to his investigative report dated March 6, 1961 he indicated that Redbird was in arrears in the amount of $20,000.00 and that “informal arrangements had been made whereby Redbird agreed to paysits current contribution plus $250,00 towards its unpaid balance, SA LINKER reviewed the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Newark, H Cover Page Doclda: 32309677 Page &
NX 92-937 NRL: mrmd Passaic, Bergen, and Hudson Telephone Directories on March 16, 1961 in an effort to locate the address of the Redbird Trucking with negative results. SA LINKER made a pretext call to telephone number TU 7-0220 and received no answer, FINKLE then produced a copy of an unsigned letter from Lehman Brothers (investment advisory service) at William Street, New York City, directed to Mir. MARVIN ZALK, Administrator, 591 Summit Avenue, _ Jersey City, New Jersey, and was dated December 18, 1957, Carbon copies of the letter were directed to the members of the Welfare Fund's Board of Trustees, ‘The letter points out that a list of the securities and evaluations are submitted as an enclosure. The unknown representative of Lehman Brothers indicates in the letter that his firm's fee for the supervision of the portfolio of. the Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund Pension Account would be $2,000.00 for the period of December 1, 1957 to November 30, 1958, payable quarterly in advance. The enclosed Lehman portfolio dated November 2, 1957 reflects purchases of 56 common and preferred stocks and bonds amounting to $583,201.50 with a book value of $615,740.09. The above figures reflect the stock purchases made by Lehman in behalf of the Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund Pension Account, FINKLE then produced eleven Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund Pension Accounts, audited reports, all of which were prepared by BERNARD TORRACO, Certified Public ‘Accountant, 257 Central Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. FINKLE advised that TORRACO handles all of Local 560's accounting matters. The review of the consolidated audited report dated May 31, 1958 (the May 31, 1958 audit is the last one in the possession of FINKLE) reflects that the | assets of the Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund totals $303,887.05, the Pension Account reflects assets in the amount of $870, ‘519.15, with a total assets for both the Welfare and Pension Accounts of $1,174,406.20,. The last document made available by FINKLE for the I Cover Page Docld:32309677T Page 3
NK 92-937 NRL :mrmd perusal of SA LINKER were the minutes of the Trustee. Board Meet- ing, held on March 6, 1961. ‘The letter in part pertains to the Administrator (ZALK) ’ reporting to the trustees that. CLIFFORD FINKLE and ZIGMUND PSKOWSKI, Attorney JACOB FRIEDLAND and ZALK attended the closing on February 17, 1961 at the office of the Union Title, Guaranty Company, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with reference to the loan to the U. S. Glass and Chemical Corporation. The Administrator read to the trustees a memo from JACOB FRIEDLAND dated February 20, 1961, which outlined the documents examined by him concerning “he closing. The minutes reflected the Administrator advised the trustees thet a check in the sum of $400,000.00 was turned over to the U. S. Glass and Chemical Corporation as consideration for the note and mortgages | executed by said company to the fund. On March 24, 1961, PCI FINKLE was recontacted and made available three eighteen inch by twelve inch grey colored booklets entitled, "Trucking Employees of Passaic and Bergen County Welfare Fund" for the year ended November 30, 1960, which were prepared by BERNARD TORRACO, Certified Public Accountant, 257 Central Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. The sub headings on the booklets are as follows: ‘Welfare Fund and Dental Fund Pension Account Consolidated Audit FPINKLE pointed out that the Consolidated Audit booklet reflects the over-all financial picture of the Welfare Fund and the Pension Account at its most recent examination by TORRACO, Local 560 Accountant. During the course of the review of the Consolidated Audit, it was noted that under the column Assets, the Welfare Fund contains . $497,633.53, The Pension Account contains a balance of $2,028,462.85,. ‘*he combined total is reflected as $2,526,096.38. The total liabilities are reflected as $70,037.14, Copies of the three booklet audit were disseminate to FINKLE, ALBERT MARCHINI, ZIGMUND PSKOWSKI, LOUIS. SALERNO, ALBERT. SCALETTI, HENRY SLYBOOM and Local 560 Counsel JACOB FRIEDLAND. FINKLE was referred to the memorandum reflecting J . Cover Page Docld: 32309677 Page 10
NK 92-937 NRL :mrmd the minutes of the trustee board meeting held on March 6, 1961 which in part pertained to Local 560's loan of $400, 000.00 to the United States Glass and Chemical Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FINKLE stated that on February 17, 1961, he, PSKOWSKI, ZALK, and FRIEDLAND arrived at the Union Title Guaranty Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to close the note with U. S. Glass. He said that he thought it unusual that shortly after arriving at the title company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ZALK and FRIEDLAND left him alone while they had a lengthy secretive discussion with officials of U. S. Glass in another area of the fae office, FINKLE explained , that initially two representatives °) Ho of U, 8, Glass, one DAVEXSHINDLER, a resident of Long Island,“ / New Jersey, and JAC TMAN, the owner of a large hotel in “ /y.'- Jamaica, West Indiés, contacted the union and informed them vy that they were desirous of obtaining a $400,000.00 loan from the union for capital improvements, and understood that the union was making available such funds for this purpose. FINKLE explained that SHINDLER stated that his firm needed such capital due to the influx of foreign glass and that it had become necessary for his firm to obtain more modern equipment in order to compete against the foreign products, FINKLE explained that although he did not participate in the negotiations for the loan at the outset, he finally approved the note which required U. S. Glass to pay the sum back within a period of five years at six per cent interest. FINKLE stated that he was informed by FRIEDLAND, the Attorney for the local, that an investigation had determined that U. S. Glass’ net worth was estimated at approximately $8,000,000. FINELE stated that he was further surprised at the clandestine type conference held at Pittsburgh when they arrived but was unable to state that he knew there were any irregularities involved in the issuance of the note. He further related that he did not know whether SHINDLER and/or YETMAN were in any way affiliated with the behind-the-scenes operation of the local nor did he know at this time whether any of the union's officers had an interest in U. S. Glass. Regarding MARVIN ZALK, “PINELE advised that he has understood that he is related to JACOB FRIEDLAND, the Attorney, and it was through FRIEDLAND's influence that ZALK was reinstated as the Administrator of the Welfare Fund. K Cover Page Doclda:32309677T Page 11
NK 82-937 NRL :mrmd FINKLE advised that the following individuals are affiliated with the Welfare Fund Board in Hudson County, New Jersey: CLAREN FINKLE, from Codper Jarrett; WALLY O'REILLY, ' Armstrong Transportation Company’ sporforix ON Me Denver Chicago Express; “7 | nay/SHAMENSKI, Brunswick Laundry; GEORGE MANGMAN, the Owner of a coal business on Tonnelle Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. a FINELE advised that at the present time, all employers of Local 560 men whose businesses are located in Hudson County, New Jersey, are paying a 33 cent per hour rate, eight. hours a day, five days a week, whereas the Passaic and Bergen County, New Jersey employers continue to pay 31 cents an hour, FINKLE stated that at the most recent board of trustees meeting, he was informed that the unjon membership is presently at 9600. He advised that JOBN/CONKLIN Agency, Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, underwrote and continues to service the Welfare Fund ' s John Hancock Medical Insurance Program. FINKLE advised that EMI. ABAGNALE, a former platform employee at his terminal and who was recently » arrested by the FBI, headed aa opposition ticket to TONY PROVENZANO which was commonly referred to as the Green Ticket, FINKLE reculled that prior to the election, ABAGNALE requested permission to post his ticket's candidates throughout the terminal. He stated that he granted ABAGNALE the authority to do so; however, shortly after the posters went up, PAUL CIAMPI, then Business Agent, now deceased, barged into his office and demanded that FINKLE remove the posters and discharge ABAGNALE , Cover Page ~ Doclda:32309677T Page 12 ~
NK 92-937 NRL smrmd FINKLE stated that based on ABAGNALE's apparent dissatisfaction with the operation of Local 560, he suggested that he be interviewed in an effort to determine the extent of his information concerning the illicit operations within the local. ; FINKLE stated that since the date of the March 15, 1961 interview, he has not been requested to sign checks payable to participating dentists; however, will remain alert for the names of the recipients of all checks which he will hereafter sign. FINKLE stated he will also attempt to discreetly ascertain any pertinent procedures or irregularities within the local. FINKLE concluded by stating that the audit reports disseminated and discussed in the earlier portion of this memorandum are available to the writer for review and could be returned at the next meeting. On April 10, 1961, PCI FINKLE telephonically contacted SA NORBERT R,. LINKER who advised that he had just returned to his office after having signed approximately thirty checks at Local 560's Welfare Fund offices in Jersey City, New Jersey. He stated that the majority of the checks were made payable to members of the medical and dental profession who rendered services to the local's members and their families during the preceding month, FINKLE stated that in an effort to comply with SA LINKER's request, he wrote the names of the following recipients and the amounts due down on a piece of scratch paper. He stated that he waswmable to obtain all of the names due to the fact that MARVIN ZALK periodically entered the office area and feared that ZALK would become suspicious if he had observed him transcribing the names of the recipients of the checks which he was then Signing. He stated that he attempted to be selective in that the majority of the individuals, whose names he had obtained, received the largest amounts of money. \J7 \y _ Doctor SHELDON(AS IEDER_oxr7S IEDEN,... $553.00. ; pe [ Ais - Dector WILL 1a ACN EY , Doctor PAUL\LEE, $610.00. M Cover Page Doclda: 32309677 Page 13
NK 92-937 NRL :mrmd Doctor SIGHOND{LENNENSON, | $1,590.00. / Doctor JOSEPH{NAUSMAN (Phonetic), $1, 580.00. 2 BL. pd Doctor BELROW ROBERTS, - $2,273.00. \ _7few Jersey State Dental Laboratory, $3,581.00. FINKLE stated that he is inclined to believe that TONY PROVENZANO, head of Local 560, and JACOB FRIEDLAND, Attorney for the local, were entertained by JACK YETMAN,  . the owner of a large hotel in Jamaica, West Indies, prior to closing the $400,000.00 loan due the U. S. Glass and Chemical Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FINKLE referred SA LINKER to the conversation of March 24, 1961 when he advised that YETMAN and one DAVE SHINDLER, officers of the U. S. Glass and Chemical Corporation, were the individuals who had initially approached the local in an effort to secure the $400,000.00 loan. FINELE pointed out that his reason for believing that PROVENZANO and FRIEDLAND had been enter~ tained by YETMAN was due solely on the fact that during a conversation between YETMAN and FRIEDLAND at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, YETMAN displayed an article written by DOROTHY KILGALLEN in which she commented favorably on YETMAN's hotel, name unknown, in Jamaica, West Indies. He stated that FRIEDLAND perused the article and commented that he and TONY (assuming he was referring to PROVENZANO) had both thoroughly enjoyed their stay and did not believe KILGALLEN had exaggerated his establishmenv's facilities, FINKLE stated that he did not know the significance of this trip nor did he, at this time, know whether eithor parties to the loan were in any way actively engaged in the other's operation but thought it worthy of mention to SA LINKER. N Cover Page _ Bocld:3230967T Page 14
NK 92-937 INFORMANTS Identity of Source NK T=1 PCI CLIFFORD FINKLE, SR. NK ToZ Dun and Bradstreet, New York City NK T=3 NK 1998-C NK T=4 NK 2080-C NK T=5 PCI MAX SANCHEZ NK T=6 MICHAEL JOSEPH O'CONNOR NK T=7 NK 1751-C Careful consideration has been given to the sources concealed and T symbols were utilized only in those instances where the identities of the sources must be concealed, Q Cover Page Doclda: 32309677 Page 15
Docld: 32309677 Page 16 NK 92-937 LEADS NEW YORK: AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK: 1, Will, at the New York | City Police Department, determine whether that department's files reflect arrests, associates or knowledge of ANTHONY PROVENZANC who was born in that city and is presently President of Local 560, IBT, Union City, 2. Will, at the New York State Boxing Commission Offices, determine whether ANTHONY PROVENZANO ever fought professionally in that state, Should a record be located, review to determine the identity of all members of his family, his manager and owners, 3, Will contact all logical criminal informants who are familiar with the trucking industry in New York and New Jersey to determine their knowledge of PROVENZENO and other officers of Local 560, IBT, Union City. 4. Will identify the Captain of the Port, New York, N. Ye, aS reflected on PROVENZANO's FBI arrest record, which is contained in the body of this report and thereafter review the afore-mentioned application for all pertinent family and personal backgrouad, , WASHINGTON FIELD: AT WASHINGTON, D, C,: 1. Will, at the Securities and Exchange Commission, recontact Mir. CHARLES H, EISENHART, Assistant Director, Corporation Finance Division, to determine whether his organization has obtained additional information concerning Us. Ss Glass and Chemical Co., Inc,, Royal State Bank.of New York and WILLIAM GOLDFINE, an officer of that firm, It should be noted that PCI FINKLF, had advised that the $400,000 loan furnished U. 8. Glass at Pittsburgh by Local 560, IBT, was ostensibly for capital investments of that firm rather than for the purchase of MissisquoiMarble and Stone Corporation of Canada, 2. Will determine EISENHART's knowledge of JOEY ABRAMS, the individual whom he advised headed @ group who _ purchased Us. S. Glass and Chemical in 1958, REVIEWED BY ay JFK TASK FORCE Cviis ON G/2U/P2 hih {06 LE [1 RELEASE IN PART Oo _ RR Cover Page i TOTAL GENIAL
c x f y Investigative Period 1/24 -— 3/21/61 Date ; “3/24/61 Report made by JOHN F, BURKE eds — l: INFLUENCE IN THE 560, JERSEY. CITY... CHARACTER OF CASE C1 - ef d, ate ANT I-RACKETEER ING REFERENCE a & Bureau airtel to Albany dated 1/12/61— f - P = : Jf INFORMANTS J Identity of Sourde NK T-1 ‘ PCI. MAX SANCHEZ bs | \ NK T-2 y NK 1751-C : ¥ NK 3-3 ~~ Aq NY 2427-c : NK T-4 a | a NK 2080-C i _ | Approved Ae / Special Agent i Do not write in spaces below “ J . "Sn ; Copies made: , ° an (3) Bureau e . Ny 2 - Washington Field wf . aed HEE sy 2 = Newark (92-9877 , ed, tq you by the FBI, and ‘neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency’ 7° to’ vhich‘loaned. of Jit = Wu. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956 o—ssssio . ‘ . | Docld: 32309677 Page 17
Ra) NK 92-937 LEADS , WASHINGTON FIELD AT WASHINGTON ; Will obtain copies of any Communist affidavit file a Be The officers of IBT, Local 560, 707 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, N:J, NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: 1, Will conduct credit and. criminal checks on all the officers of Local 560 and obtain background information, 2. Will recontact PCI MAX SANCHEZ, NK 1751-C and NK 2080-C to obtain additional information concerning criminal ‘| influence in Local 560, y 3. Will attempt to develop additional informants and i sources of information who can furnish information concerning criminal influence in Local 560, Be COVER PAGE ,Docld: 323509677 Page 18
NK 92-937 Hackensack, N.J., and uses this address in connection with all. of his business activities, PROVENZANO has a wife, MARIE MIGNERONE, who is about 35 years old and three children, His The owners of this residence are listed as ANTHONY and MARTE" MIGNERONE but ANTHONY MIGNERONE is, in fact, ANTHONY PROVENZANO. PROVENZANO visits his wife and children about once each week, He purchased the residence on Lockewood Place for his wife and children some time during 1957, His wife is a former Canadian citizen who at one time resided in Montreal, Canada. “On November 12, 1952, NK T~2 advised that ANTHONY ‘STROLLO, aka, Tony Bender and ALBERT ANASTASIA, prominant New York City racketeers, contretled Local 560 of the IBT. According to NK T-2, STROLLO and ANASTASIA were responsible for the selection and election of PROVENZANO and ANTHONY CASTELLITTO, aka. "Three Fingered" Tony, as delegates of Local 560,. NK T-2 said that a close friend of his for the past two years, had been having a great deal of trouble with CASTELLITTO, who was trying to prevent him from working. According to the informant, his friend advised with CASTELLITTO which prevented him from working. BENDER then sent this individual to CASTELLITTO and told him to tell CASTELLITTO that BENDER said that he was to get work. According to NK T-2, after this incident, his friend was able to work regularly and never had any further difficulties with CASTELLITTO. On May 21, 1960, NK T-3 advised that PROVENZANO was’ friendly with and associated occasionally with JERRY CATENA and FRANK ERICKSON and other well known racketeers, JERRY CATENA attended the Apalachin meeting in November, 1957, FRANK ERICKSON is a well known New York gabling figure. In December, 1960, NK T-4 advised that TONY PRO was a "very big man in New Jersey" and had tremendous strength and control. Informant said that by this statement, he meant that PROVENZANO was connected with influencial racketeers in the state ~ of New Jersy. On February 7, 1961, NK T-4 advised tht he had heard that someone was working against PROVENZANO in attepting to take -~5- ‘him that he contacted TONY BENDER and told him about his difficulties t Docld:32309677 Page -19
NK 92-937 over the control of Local 560 from him, Informant stated that PROVENZANO got his job as President of the local through JOE "SOCKS" LANZA and other "prominant New York City mob figures", who dominate New York, On September 11, 1954, NK T-2 furnished the following information: . mS He stated that the local is headed by JOHNNIE CONLIN, who is also a Second Vice President of the International AFL Teamsters Union. CONLIN is an older man in poor’thealth and is . not expected to continue in control of the local much longer. MICKEY SHERIDAN, a delegate of the local, has recently been set up as president by CONLIN in an effort to establish a line of succession, However, the informant stated, the two Italian delegates, "Three-finger TONY" CASTELLITTO and TONY PROVENZANO, have the strongest backing and are expected to take over the entire local When CONLIN dies or resigns.’ He stated that if | CONLIN were a younger man and were not nationally prominant as a Vice President in the International AFL, he would probably have been disposed of forcefully by the Italian faction of the local long before now, There is also some fear of reprisal from mob elements backing CONLIN. He said that CONLIN originally obtained leadership of the local through the backing of CHARLIE "THE JEW" YANOWSKI, who was an intimate friend of CONLIN before he was killed in a gang shooting in about 1948, ANTHO. TROLLO, aka. tony Meender a known New York City hoodlum, is now believed to be backing CONLIN, but STROLLO is also pushing PROVENZANO and the Italian faction to succeed CONLIN rather than the SHERIDAN group. The informant states that PROVENZANO was originally from New York City. He was a professional fighter in his youth and was taken under the wing of the Greenwich Village hoodlums lead by STROLLO, at that time, He later worked for the STROLLO mob in New York, and STROLLO originally had him placed in Local 560 through CONLIN as a _ shop steward at H. P. Welsh Company. PROVENZANO rose allegedly in the local because of his backing and soon became a delegte, The informant stated that a delegate's job is a -highly coveted one and is given as in the case of PROVENZANO for services rendered to the mob rather than for friendship alone and as.a result PROVENZANO is under constant obligation to STROLLO. The informant recalled that at one time about a year ago when he was unable to obtain employment through Local 560, | he went directly to STROLLO with whom he is acquainted and STROLLO | had him put to work immediately through PROVENZANO. After going -~6- so. seh oy et a. a . Docld: 32309677 Page 70
f l NK 92-037 to work with STROLLO and PROVENZANO's backing, he was not required to pay the monthly dues, The delegate’s position pays a salary of $275 monthly, plus $75 weekly expenses, three months vacation, and a new. Cadillac furnished each year, The delegates also make side money out of the "gypsy running" racket. Under ordinary union procedure, gypsy drivers from out of town are not allowed to make local deliveries without a local union driver, The companies regularly employing gypsy drivers make arrangements through the delegate handling the terminal to let the gypsy complate the delivery for a set financial consideration, - The informant stated that the current financial status of the local is carefully guarded by the official, and if any member makes inquiry in that direction at a meeting, he would be told to "shut up" or he would be forced out of work; and if he. becomes persistent, he is thrown bodily out of the meeting by bouncers hired by the official, His union book is subsequently taken away fromhim, The informant stated there are several sets of books kept by the union for various purposes and on ene occasion when he asked to see the books,he was shown a set in which the latest entries wee more that two yearsold. He said the monthly dues were $4.00 per member and the local is reported to have about 18,000 paying members. However, only 11,000 appear on their records, The recorded members can be distinguished from those not recorded on the records only by examination of their individual books, Such an examination would show that at some of the larger terminals the last checkmen on the seniority list will have the stamp space initialed by a delegate rather than the stamp which should be placed there when their dues are paid, Those books with the initials represent the non-recorded members, This situation exists because the local buys their’ stamps from the International for about $160 each, and stamps on the local's records, The dues from the members who do not receive stamps are not collected by the shop stewards at the various terminals as is the usual procedure, but the dues are collected by the delegates personally. The informant stated that money received from these members did not go into the union's funds, as there was no record of their membership. By letter dated July 9, 1959, the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice furnished information indicating that a Mr. WALTER DORN,President of the Dorn Pransportation Com any testified before the Senate Select Committee on Improper Aetivi ies in the Labor or Management Field indicating that he L3 =» TF -~ “ Docld: 32309677 Page 71