' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-7017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/21/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10287-10318 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 29-31 889-7, 8 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WALTERS, VERNON G. TO : DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: | DATE: 08/23/1962 PAGES: 72 SUBJECTS : DEB, ASSOC, LOANS, PUBLIC BANK, FINANCES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified . RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 2; 3 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF DOJ, FDIC COMMENTS : REFERRED TO DOJ, FDIC, INC A/T, RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2 ! v9.1 Docld: 32305185 Page 1
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 Hote; . _ DATE: ai- t4- 2017, . . if) Na, . ‘on ; . a DE 29-1432 © 7 oo, = In preliminary discussion with FRENCH, he advised —- . that he has. received copies of some progress reports and — -other.data from Internal. Revenue Service (IRS) concerning intensive investigation by IRS of the finances of Subjects ‘TRISCARO and BARTONE, including their interest in the a "Naiman-Niagara" | matter. Information received by FRENCH — / ‘indicates that. IRS has conducted investigation in Ohio, . Florida, Canada. and ; ‘Central America concerning some of the transactiins related to this case and IRS has obtained _ copies of certain cancelled checks, bank statements, and . Other documents of interest. . FRENCH. has indicated that he — will arrange for. pertinent. ‘material from. IRS to be made available for review in connection with the investigation in this Case. , FRENCH has copies of transcripts: of testimony. before the Federal Grand. Jury, at Detroit by PAUL P. YODER,. TRe y on March 20, 1962, and by HERBERT L. GROSBERG on. July. 12,. _ 1962, concerning this matter. YODER’s testimony has been ‘reviewed, but is not being summarized herein, because many of . his answers were indefinite and were qualified by remarks ‘that he wanted to réfer to his files (working papers’ and audit reports of Plante & Moran, CPA's, Detroit). before.giving a definite answer. These files have been subpoenaed by the — - Federal Grand Jury, Detroit; it is contemplated that YODER will be interviewed in conjunction with a review of these files; and any pertinent information furnished by him will. then be 2 Teportes. . TILE porto wing is a summary of information furnished by _ HERBERT L.\GROSBERG when he testified before. the Federal Grand Jury ‘on July 12, 19623 * . In 1958 or 1959, at the time of a meeting. of the . Teamsters Central States Pension Fund in Chicago, GROSBERG was in. his room at"The Shoreline Hotel’, Chicago, and. received. a telephone call from JAMES R, HOPFA, who also was in Chicago. HOFFA said that two people were coming over to GROSBERG':s “room, that .GROSBERG knew one of. the persons, and that GROSBERG was to'call Public Bank and arrange a loan for these people. ae . Shortly thereafter, LOUIS “BABE” ‘TRISCARO and. ALVIN .NAIMAN - arrived at GROSRERG’ s room, bringing with them a financial ‘statement for Niagara Crushed Stone, Ltd. The fimancial '- Statement, consisting of a balance sheet and | Possibly a profit o Ba Cover Page ) Docld: 32305185 Page 2?
' Released under the ,, DATE: 11-14-2017 and loss statement also, was the ome which had been presented to the Central States Pension. Fund for the purpose of obtaining . NAIMAN and TRISCARO told GROSBERG that NAIMAN had not DE 29-1432 -'a loan. been successful in getting a loan from the Central States Pension. 7 |  -° Fund because the fund?! was not permitted to lend. to a foreign — corporation, | GROSBERG concluded from the financial. statement. that the firm was a “going” concern, but was not “too profitable". After looking at the statement and while NAIMAN and TRISCARO =| were in his room, GROSBERG made a long distance, person-to-person. call to ROBERT E. MC CARTHY at the Public Bank, Detroit. | a . |  GROSBERG told MC CARTHY that NAIBAN was going to contact MC CARTHY . , regarding a loan, and that GROSBERG was calling MC CARTHY . through HOFPA's request. NAIMAN subsequently went to Public Bank, but GROSBERG did not know if TRISCARO went to the: bank. GROSBERG was later told by MC CARTHY (and possibly by JOSEPH - VERHELLE, President of Public Bank) that the loan was. granted _ by Public Bank. ~ J. [ne Se International Office of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in. Washington, D.C., VERHELLE and MC CARTHY called HOFFA and discussed this loan amd others. It was GROSBERG's ‘recollection that HOFFA’s remarks im recommending that the above mentioned loan be made by Public Bank for NAIMAN were. to,..the effect that "If you could possibly grant the loan, I would. like you to grant the loan.” a 1962, WALTER J. SHERIDAN of the Department of Justice received information that at the time of the abovesementioned meeting in -GROSBERG's hotel room, -GROSRERG already knew TRISCARO and was | introduced to NAIMAN by TRISCARO. Following GROSBERG's : call to MC CARTHY at Public Bank, VERHELLE subsequently called ‘GROSBERG, wanting more information. concerning the loan. ‘VERHELLE indicated to GROSBERG at the time that he did not want to make the loam. After that, VERHELLE called GEORGE - PITZGERALD, an attorney for the Teamsters, and wanted - FITZGERALD to help him out of the situation but FITZGERALD ‘indicated that he was umable todo so. According to FRENCH,. the above information concerning GROSBERG should be treated. "in a. confidential MANNED. John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hotes. } , ~ ; an : 3 2° JY . . . : cm Ne, , * On more than ome occasion while GROSBERG. was in the On August 14, 1962, FRENCH advised that .on March 16, pe _ | - Cover Page Docld: 32305185 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Usc 2107 Hotes. ,, DATE: 11-14-2017 cr) r) i f VY . DE. 29-1432 ( FRENCH advised that he was going to Miami, Florida, on. August 15, 1962, in comnection with a hearing in Federal - Court concerning possible revocation of Subject BARTONE's probation. FRENCH advised that he expected to bring additional . pertinent information from the Department upon his return to Detroit during the week of. August 20, 1962. ‘2 GE oe . . Cover .Page Docld: 323051385 Page 4