Evening star., 1949-05-20
Freshmen Officers
File S6l,W9 Claim
Against Berry Estate

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ard tic Regsy estate has hes %
made 20 ths SENATE LAIN Cet.
m.tGce by senate hrfsF Eepah.'.
car. q. oErgun lie ta.a t'ifs star
there Is r ma face e, ,ssFnge
That !ndNlauA} ncmecis 90! tnc
union have hcep artr&4aca -
many thousands ~ collars
A numae; e! UNISON loSass also
have demanded lnyes,sEa3Asa ~
HE situation and .5se ltIsaEg - 100
Officers Is intended As an answer
to those demands
TIE audH Indicated that EQUIP
men' purchased hy Ma hvf5v
tol one Of has naauv farms near
Prrssmen Home Tennessee was
paid for hy the irloU
Ths report stated that tollov
ms Ma Berry S deala The Al
trnton ot the Board - Directors =
MAS called 10 letter dated Nav
=. 1914 from Ma Berry 20 lhs
union s auditors II stated that
when the anaoant nped lhr unE0a
had been determined either hs
OF bis estate would "ilqutdAir .
the matteg The Sol o69 rs4ts
was arrived al n t4e audit
Sass coo Owsd hs Itrm.
a s4zeahle part of the Berry
estate. estimated st $3.50 0oo 81
the time O! his death. Is tepge =
sented by stock In the intcrna-
uoual Card and Label Co a proh-
porous printing venture located at
RoeersvilIe. Tenn near tie
upion headquarters Ma Berry
leit that stock to individuals
The auditors found that from
1929 10 1889 a total ot kssS ga
Of union funds without interest,
were put into the label flYm hy
MAJ III Z NA A'#ttt &fsaAfR
organized In 1925 with Ma ne,fy
as president and the audit Nioo~rd
that as of February this year the
firm suli owed the uuson S427 600
, The report attempted to Justify
this use of interest union
funds on the grounds that The op.
Grafton Of the company by MAJ
Berry and his associates helped
the union organize the employees
! Of other printing establishments
Probe Welcomed
In another action. tar union
directors voted 10 file claim against
the estate Of the late Joseph c,
Orr. long time secretary treasure
who died In ig46 The action "a
an attempt 10 recover SEA 623
which II Is claimed SAs illegally
withdrawn hy MIR. Or from the
union treasury
Meanwhile. J II de 10 Rosa
present head O. ths pTehamsn SAID
that the union books are wtds
open 10 a senate committee or
any other group which wants n
Investigate the ufRatalaR ton
finances Referring N Ssnsior
Noraes demand for 81 Inquiry,
Ma Berry u successor said
4 can unly say that an insrati-
cation by any such COMMITTEES
would be more than welcome Gs
records ARE clear osIr books aFs