Evening star., 1951-02-09
Scrap Metal Contract
OF Briggs Co. Inks
Senate Crime Prober
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awarding of the lucrative Brigg'
scrap contract and the beating
Of several local union officials II
the mid-1940s.
Nancy Testifies.
Emil Macy. secretary -treasurel
Of the CIO- United Auto Workers
testified the Briggs company neve,
did anything about the beating
land said he told officials the de-
tails "of our feelings and suspi
|cions" about the Renda contract.
Renda admitted yesterday h
had no equipment or experience
when she first won the Briggs con.
tract. He said the same compan,
which had held the contract fol
18 years before then continued tt
do all the actual work in hauling
scrap out of the Briggs plants.
Mr.. Marcy said the beatings O
unionists began shortly after th'
contact changed hands.
Mr.. Burning attempted to show
that Briggs switched its scrar
contract after an equally lucra.
tive one was awarded to Father.
in-law Peronne at the Detroit
Mich. Stove Co. and took care
Of labor problems there"
Ford Official Called.
John S. Bugas. Ford Motor Co
vice president in charge Of per.
sonnel, is scheduled to testify to.
day ON rackets among Ford EN-.
ployes.
A score Of witnesses paradec
to the stand yesterday. telling o1
scrap metal contracts that nettec
up to 100000 a year for mer
who held them.
The committee also inquired
into Ford Motor Co. auto haul
away contracts given to Joe
Adonis, Eastern racketeer. ane
Anthony j. D'Anna. Detroit Italiar
colony civic leader with a police
record.
It also asked why Moe Dalitz
Cleveland gambler, casually put uf
100000 to help Detroit Steel
Corp. officials buy out Reliance
Steel Corp. Of Cleveland.
Another point of inquiry was
what kind of Speculation
brings Pete Licavoli, reputed Mid.
west rackets kinpin. an annual in
come of $40. 900 to $50, 900 year,
Harry Bennett, self styled "chie1
Of staff" to the late Henry Ford
said he had no part in awarding
contracts to Adonis and D'Anna.
Denies Aiding D'Anna.
He also denied on the witness
stand that he was instrumental ir
getting D'Anna a half interest ir
a Ford sales agency so as to save
Joe Tocco, a police character
from gangland assassination.
Licavoli. standing on his con
stitutional rights" refused tt
answer certain questions. As 9
result. Senator O'Conor said h,
would press contempt proceedings
Questions concerning his sourc,
Of income. long police record ane
even the value of his swami
Arizona ranch drew a stocl
answer from Licavoli. IT refuse
OF answer on the grounds it might
tend to incriminate me-"
Mr.. Burling attempted X
bring out that Licavoli mad,
his money from numbers anc
other rackets but couldn't get far
Other Incomes Questioned.
Incomes of Detroit's Perrone
brothers-Sam and Gaspar-alse
were dealt with.
Sam said he makes up to $685..
900 a year for handling scrap from
the Detroit Michigan Stove Co.
buying the material for con.
siderably less than the market
value.
Gaspar has the well-paying sub.
contracting job for the same
company. Hiring his own crew oi
workmen to manufacture stove
cores and selling them to the
company.
John A. Fry, Detroit Michigan
president, denied that the Perront
brothers were paid off" for help.
ing to break a strike at the com.
pany in 1884. Mr.. Fry, however
admitted that he called on" the
Perrone brothers during the strike
Earnings Boosted.
Renda. who is Sam Perrone's
son-ln-law, also denied that Labor
matters" had anything to do with
his being awarded the scrap meta
contract with Briggs in 1945. The
scrap business boosted his earn
ings from $1.65 an hour as 6
skilled machine operator to $780,.
900 in 1949.
George Lilygren, former as
sistant controller for Briggs, sale
he understood" that some com.
pany officials felt the awarding
Of the contract to Renda might
"help settle some labor prob
lems."
Renda conceded that for severa
years after he got the contract
he did not actually handle any
of the scrap. The company which
had the contract for nearly 2(
previous years continued to dc
all the actual work, he said.
A Norwegian engineer has de-
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