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way of doing it, think
we can do it in a easier and a
smarter way and it looks like
QUILL have fight if Uncle Sam
is in there and besides there S
no way to cope with a deal like,
you understand. There's no off,
cial involved in it and that's
and that's the officials you want
TO try TOTO get 'em to come
on down the line. So how are
yOu-
Langley-Why, sure. / can't
uh-I can't
Mclaughlin Gndistinct)-He
ran a house for over 80 years.
Just like Tom, with half a
dozen girls up there.
langley told him that to
start out with except / put the
slots in-I mean the pinballs and
they were-doesn't seem to be in
the picture now. And the punch
boards would be all right if you
could get them out with Just the
10 per cent tax. l mean, get the
things taxed. It's a difficult
thing to get accomplished. But
hes already got two things going
hes got the bootleg joint
and
McLaughlin--Now, comes the
cards
Langley-Now he's got the
cards
McLaughlin-And there should
be a book.
Langley CIndistinct.
Observation-Disclosures.
Langley-And he should ma
and he should make himself a
thousand, fifteen hundred of
that. That's all he's gonna do,
see? He had some wild idea
about the abortionlSts. l never
heard any more about that.
Mclaughlin - That's right
/
Langley-See, that's about
what's (indistinct. See, that's
another reason the bootleg joints
gonna go. If it keeps going
he can get another one
goln' here someplace and uh
have it going SO he can pick I'D
a few more bucks. But he
oughta do we'll enough on that
without creating a rumpus in
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afternoon before a United States
Commissioner, called the bribery
charge completely unfounded. "
He said he denied the charge
in toto.
My story will come out in
court he said. What l will
have to say then will establish
that the accusation is unfounded
MY activities were all proper. as
Will be shown in court. I'm
meeting whatever they've got
head on
Flschbach said he would raise
no obstacle to removal proceed
ures but would place myself at
the disposal Of the originating
jurisdiction That means he
Will voluntarily come to Wash
lngton to face the charges.
Both Chairman Mcclellan and
Chief Counsel Robert F. Ken
nedy of the special Senate com
mittee on racketeering said Mr..
Cheasty co-operated fully in
the month-long Investigation.
Mr.. Kennedy described MIR
Cheasty's role as that of Q
double agent.
Released on $4,000 Bond
Following the arrest of Hoffa
he vas taken before Unltec
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leave the East, in discussing the
ieason for his act He had Just
been talking to Mrs. Kotin n
Washington before she called
police. they said.
Mrs. Kotin told reporters she
hao offered to return to Holly
wood to be with her husband in
three phone conversations last
night.
But he said no." Mrs. Kutin
said. He said he was all right
and nothing could be accom-
pliShed if / were to go out there
He just asked me to forgive
him. l have no explanation for
what happened.
What he did was Just done
in the heat of passion or some.
thing. 1t would be a foolish,
goSSipy thing if were to com
ment on it,"
Mrs. Kotin said she eventually
planned to move to California
to join her husband but said
she didn't know when her next
visit to Hollywood would be.
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here. You got this guy Elkins
now in the best shape you've
ever got him. right now, haven't
you?
McLaughlin-I think so.
In two other recorded CONVEX
sations submitted to the COM
mlttee this morning, gamblers
Maloney and Mclaughlin com
plain that they are being cheated
out of their fair share of gam
bling operations in which they
were involved. In the second con-
versatlon Maloney reproaches
Mclaughlin for divulging the
facts of the illegal operations to
Crosby, top Teamster official in
Oregon.
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Langley Refuses to Reply
To All Questions on Vice

mo difference. You can if you
wish invoke the Fifth Amend
lment."
Langley then proceeded to in
woke the Fifth Amendment on
the following questions put to
him by Mr.. Kennedy:
Were any of your bills paid by
the Transfers Union while you
were district attorney?
Did the Transfers Union pay
your hotel bills while you were
in Seattle?
Did Tom Maloney bring you
down to California at one time?
While in California were your
bills paid by the Transfers
Union?
Did you meet Frank Brewster
and John Sweeney while in Cali
Ifornia?
Did you make arrangements
with John Sweeney and Frank
Brewster to open up AFTERNOONS
places in Portland?
Query From Mundt
Senator Mundt asked Langley
II the Transfers had backed his
successful campaign in 1854 for
district attorney.
Langley replied that he be-
lleved the answer to the queS-
ton was common knowledge
but in view of his involvement"
he would refuse to answer.
Meanwhile, the committee
planned to turn over to the
Justice Department for possible
perjury prosecutions needle
point sharp conflicts in the
testimony of Crosby and other
witnesses.
The committee unexpectedly
uncovered and mined throughout
yesterday a lode of information
regarding the destruction of
Transfers financial reports and
correspondence in Oregon and a
mysterious Teamster- paid S.
900 fee TO a lawyer representing
Langley in the Portland indict-
mentS.
The Transfers records which
have been destroyed were those
of the Joint Transfers Council
in the Portland area of which
Crosby. the unions international
organizer in Oregon, was record
ing secretary. The missing rec
ords were for two years from
August. 1854, to August. 1856
the period under particular
scrutiny by the Senate investiga-
tors.
Another reason for the COM
mittee's delay in getting to
Langley was the testimony of a
number of witnesses fatty con-
tradicting the sworn testimony
of Crosby regarding various
aspects OF the Portland story.
Build-up of the contradictions
led Senator Mcclellan to say:
"All this record will go to the
Justice Department for possible
perjury prosecutions.
/ 1t was the third specific time in
10 days of public hearings on the
Portland situation that conflict
ing testimony has been referred
to the Justice Department.
Commenting on the testimony
Senator Mcclellan called the
conflicts needle point" and
razor edge" sharp. He said
Crosby might be called back for
further testimony
He also said the committee
would inquire further into the
$4,000 fee the Transfers gave
K. C. Tanner of Portland, de-
scribed as the attorney for
Langley.
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way, ne caused some eyebrow
raising by getting permission to
carry a revolver as a "precau-
ton. a"
When the subcommittee
sought more money. the House
Administration Committee pro-
posed an inquiry into Fischbach's
background A District Bar AS
ISOLATION committee Joined the
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that the FBI listened in on this
end of the conversations. It was
emphasized there was no wire
tapping involved.
Mrs. Dobrescu, was held under
$4,000 bond on the OBTAINING
order.
The order said there is
a likelihood she might flee and
leave the continental limits OF
the United States to avoid tes-
tifying. p
Neither Mrs. Dobrescu nor her
attorney would comment. the
Associated Press reported, after
| she was taken into custody in
an obviously unexpected mid
night visit.
j According to Mr.. Kennedy
Mrs. Dobrescu would be an i'm
portant witness in connection
with telephone calls between
Hotfa and Mr.. Cheasty.
Beck Expresses Surprise
Dave Beck, president of the
Transfers International, said in
Seattle. Wash, Il can't conceive
that he would do such a thing
when informed of Hoffa'S arrest.
Beck. whose affairs also are
under scrutiny by the Mcclellan
committee. said he had known
Hoffa eight or nine years" But
he added. according to the AS
ISOLATED Press:
Il can't possibly make any
kind of statement about the
matter until l learn the details
officially
Mr. Kennedy said Mr.. Cheasty
probably would be retained on
the special committees staff
During the hearings on the
Portland scandals yesterday Mr..
ICheasty took over the question:
ing Of a witness when Mr.. Ken
nedy was called from the room.
Sees More Difficulties
In discussing the bribery case
Senator Mcclellan said, this
committee will pursue its duty
and carry out the assignment
that has been intrusted to US.
He said the committee would
probably encounter more diff
culties' and more interference. .
I'VE will meet the challenge, =
the Senator added.
He said Hoffa practically con-
trolls all transportation excep,
railroads between the Atlantic
Coast and the Rocky Mountains
and added:
This is his stature, according
to my information"
Further Disclosures
Senator Mundt, Republican of
South Dakota. said that with
Transfers officials destroying
records at one end Of the country
and other Transfers trying tC
steal documents at the other
end there were obviously much
more startling" disclosure thar
what the committee has uncov-
cred thus far in the Portland
scandals
The Senator referred to teSti-
mony that the documents of the
Oregon Joint Council of Team
sterS had been destroyed for the
period from mid-l954 to mid
l956-the time under study by
the committee.
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Call by Beck S Secretary
Hats Husbands Suicide

The husband of the secretary
to Teamster President Dave Beck
tried to commit suicide last night
in Hollywood. Calf, but was
saved by long distance phone
call from his wife here, the AS
ISOLATED Press reported.
However, he had sufficiently
recovered last night to teach an
evening class at UCLA, his wife
told reporters.
Leo Kotin, 48, a former Wash
ington labor relations consultant,
was found beside an open gas
outlet in his Hollywood apart
ment yesterday after Mrs. Ann
Watkins Kotin. of 4740 Bradley
boulevard. called Los Angeles
police from here.
The officers said they found a
note in the apartment that read {:
ITO my wonderful Annie.
couldn't compete with her first
love. her career in the teamsters.
There is no room for me-"
Police said Mr.. Kotin told
them his wife had refused to
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with the committee and perform
services for Hoffa.
Cheasty Got $1,000
The Senator said $1,000 in
cash was paid to Mr.. Cheasty al
that time.
MIR Cheasty returned tc
Washington and promptly re-
ported what had occurred to the
committee, Senator Mcclellan
said.
The Senator said he arranged
a conference with FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover. At that confer
ence. the Senator added, it was
decided that the committee, the
FBI and the Justice Department,
working comparatively. would
undertake ito explore this mat
ter and see what it meant"
Prior TO that time. Senator
Mcclellan said, he had received
information that certain ele-
ments' would undertake TO place
someone with the committee tc
report on its Investigations OF
racketeering in labor and in
dustry.
Senator Mcclellan said that
Mr.. CheaSty conferred with him
at his office and gave a sworn
statement on the matter.
Gave 500 TO FBI
He also said Mr.. CheaSty
turned over TO the FBI for safe
keeping 500 Of the $1,000 he
received
The Senator said Mr.. CheaSty
had many contacts" with Fisch-
bach and Holla.
On last Monday night, Sena
tor Mcclellan said Mr.. Cheasty
with the knowledge of the com
mittee and the FBI. turned over
w llOild Sptiit dbAhllitilt1 AIT
received $4,000 more in cash. The
documents included staff inter
views and transcript Of tele-
phone convention with a key
witness.
The FBI covered that meet.
ing as they did Others Senator
Mcclellan said.
I About midnight Monday night
the Senator related. there wa.
another meeting between Hoffs
and Mr. Cheasty and the paper,
we're returned.
HOffa Is Arrested
/ The Senator said another
meeting was arranged last nigh
in the Dupont Hotel area anC
more papers were delivered L
Hoffa and then Hoffa was i'm,
mediately arrested.
Senator Mcclellan said Hofal
secretary, Mrs, Dobrescu. "ha,
been an intermediary between
Hoffa and Mr.. CheaSty."
He indicated that these con
facts were by telephone and sale
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States Commissioner James
Splain on bribery charges. He
was released on SIS 900 bond
for a hearing March %. Hoffa
declined comment at that time
but posed willingly for pictures
outside the court building.
Hotta, considered by many as
more powerful within the union
than Transfers President Dave
Beck, is vice president Of the
union and president Of its Cen
trail States Conference of Team
sters. Although his home is in
Detroit. Hoffa also heads the
unions Southern Conference
and Yields great authority among
Eastern teamSters.
The FBI said when Hofa was
seized "he had in his possession
documents from the committee
files which he had just received. /"
Arrest of Hoffa marked a
dramatic turn in the Senate
committees inquiry which so faI
has been concerned with ar
alleged conspiracy of teamsters
officials. mobsters and public
officials to control vice operations
in Portland, Greg.
Mr.. Kennedy has said that
Hoffa would be a major figure
in the committee Investigation
OF racketeerine IN New YORK
City. Public hearings on thai
phase of the Nation-W wide inquiry
are to start in two weeks.
The committee later plans tc
go into Hofia's activities gener.
ally as a major part of the in.
CURRY. He has been under con.
gressional and grand jury inyes.
tIgation before, but although ar.
rested twice in his 20-year laboI
career for picket line incidents
he never before faced a seriou,
charge
Hoffa is known as a tough gu,
in union circles, although ne wa.
always ready and willing to dis.
cuSs most anything with news.
men.
Mcclellan Tells Story
Senator Mcclellan related III,
circumstances leading up Il
Hofias arrest as the commute,
resumed its public hearings thi
morning on the Portland stu
ton.
He said Mr.. Cheasty was con
tacted here in Washington b,
Fischbach some weeks ago.
"Fischbach persuaded him Il
go 10 Detroit under the assur
ances that Hoffa had a job 70
him" Senator Mcclellan said
He added that Mr.. Cheast,
met Hofia at the teamsterS
Detroit headquarters and Hoffi
offered to pay him $4,000 if h
would undertake TO get a io
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-14
HiqhWuys Expanding

NEW YORK AT present rates
of building the United States
may have $500 miles of super
toll highways in use by the be-
ginning of 1858.
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sales and gradually set up q
County liquor dispensary system
| Suspension of alcoholic bev.
]erage sales from January 2l-2s
was ordered for Bass by the
Liquor Board last month. The
order came after board members
heard Mt. Rainier town police
testify that Benny Bass. brother
iof Saul. and a member Of the
corporation. sold a half pint Of
gin on Sunday, August Il.
Liquor Board members con-
slider a second offense "a very
serious matter" Since the pres
ent board took Office in June
1865, only one second offense
has been reported. The board
ordered a license revocation ir
the case.
This occurred last August IL
in board action against Mrs
Sarah Katz Of the Blue Mirror
Restaurant. 9091 Baltimore bou-
ilevard, College Park. The boarc
found her husband guilty of sell.
ing beer to a minor, and in
June, 1855. she was found guilty
lof Sunday whisky sale.
Mrs Katz also has appealed
the revocation order.
The Wheatley proposal would
provide that revoked package
store licenses not be reissued.
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lous conditions in Baltimore
SlumS.
"All these jobs" the judges
declared. reflected a nose fol
news and a passion for justice
that is a credit to the craft"
Prina With Star 7 Years
Mr.. Prina. 80. has been a re-
porter for The Star for sever
years. A native of West New
York. N. j., he is a graduate OF
Syracuse University. Before COM
ing to The Star in 1850, he
worked for the New York Sun
and the Hornell IN. " Evening
Tribune. He is a reserve COM
mander in the Navy, with service
in World War II and the Korean
conflict. He lives with his wife
and child at 4813 Quebec street
NV.
In 1851. Mr.. Prina won a
Washington Newspaper Guild
award for his stories on Mary
Markward. who joined the Com
munists as an undercover agent
for the FBI.
The cases for which he was
cited today both involved securi-
ty matters. He scored exclusive
stories on Mr.. Hatkin. a sus-
pended Air Force employe who
was approached by Russian
cipher clerk Vladimir Mikheev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
Morse Backs
Group Of Dams
For Potomac

Senator Morse, Democrat OF
Oregon, yesterday told members
of the. Rock Greek Watershed
Association that a series of dams
to be built by the Army Engin-
Ieers on the Potomac River
should come before dam
sought by a public utility firm.
The Potomac Electric Power
Co, which wants to build a dam
to supply water for a new gene
rating plant in Montgomery
County. has opposed construc-
ton of multi-purpose dams by
the Army Engineers.
Senator Morse added that as a
member of the Senate District
Committee he intended to
stimulate some thinking on a
conservation program for the
area
Lathrop E. Smith, president
of the association, said the group
would seek to expand its pre-
sent membership of so.
Bernard Frank, vice president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
British Mayor Gets
Title to 'Buronetcy
IOf New York

LONDON, Feb. II R).-A Brit.
ish major has just become he'll
to the ''Baronetcy of New York, >
one of Britain's last aristocratic
toeholdS in the United States.
It's origin goes back to Gen
William Johnsor'S trip to the
American colonies in The 1750s
He commanded British forces
who attacked the French in the
battles of Crown Point. A CRATE
full British government re-
warded him by creating a spe-
cial baronetcy. granting him
large tracts of land in New York
province and giving him 5000
pounds.
The title - passed through
male members of the family
came down to the present
holder. Sir Gordon johnson, the
fifth baronet. On his death the
title was due to 20 to Brig. Guy
Ormsby johnson, a British army
officer, but he died January 30,
The brigadier aad no sons. SO
the new heir is his cousin, Mai.
John Paley Johnson. Maj.
johnson. so. has scored a string
of successes in horse Jumping
contests in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
East Germany JoiIs
Man as U. S. Spy

BERLIN. Feb. II (Pl.-A
Communist East German court
has sentenced ex-Capt. Hans
Schnelle to l8 months in prison
on a charge of trying to form
a ring to spy for the United
States. East German newspapers
said yesterday.
They reported these details:
The district court at Burg,
near Magdeburg. found Capt,
Schrelle obtained his orders
from American agents in West
Berlin, to whom he was intro
duced By an elegant lady"
He was arrested on his re-
turn to East Germany.
The elegant lady" otherwise
unidentified, was sentenced at
an earlier trial to Ala years in
prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

said the Rock Greek flood of
last July had SOLDERING effect
on residents Of the area and had
speeded UP conservation plan
ming.
The association adopted mo-
ton instructing its board of
directors to seek the cooperation
of real estate developers and
public authorities in prevention
Iof erosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
Oregon Pair and Star Man
|Honored in Guild Awards

Wallace Turner and William
Lambert. reporters for the Port
land Oregonian. today were
named winners of the 1856 Hey
wood Broun Award for journa-
listic enterprise. The award is
given annually by the American
Newspaper Guild.
L. Edgar Prina. reporter for
The Star. won an honorable
mention for his successful effort
to clear a Government employee
suspended as a security risk. ;"
The guild said Mr.. Prina was
honored for his work on the
restoration to their Government
jobs of Sidney Hatkin and Will
liam B. Foster after they had
been suspended as security risks.
The two Oregon reporters got
the $500 award for their ex-
posure of an attempt by group
Of hoodlums. allegedly backed by
some officials of the Transfers
Union, to seize control of law
enforcement in Portland and to
open the city to rackets. Mr.
Turner also won a guild award
in 1852.
New Room Dedicated
The judges were DR.. Ralph
D. Casey, director of the Uni
versity of Minnesota School of
Journalism; Thomas Griffith, a
senior editor of Time. and Mar
tin Agronsky, Washington COM
mentator for the American
Broadcasting Co.
Mr.. Agronsky announced the
winners at a luncheon today in
connection with the dedication
of new library and conference
room in the guild headquarters in
the Philip Murray Building in
memory of Mr.. Broun.
The judges gave special men,
ton to the work of Chicago Daily
News Reporter George THEM in
uncovering the theft of $2.5 mill
lion from the Illinois State treas
ury by State Auditor Orville E.
Hodge.
Other honorable mentions in !
cluded Alvin RoSensweet of the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for un-
covering an untruthful FBI wit
ness in a deportation case and
Martin Millspaugh Of the Balti-
more Sun for a series on danger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

Va w VI Az VI 81 all ain oQA
columnist, by his widow. Mrs,
Connie Broun.
Mr.. Broun's son, Haywood Hale
Broun, and daughter, Patricia
Broun. were also present.
The portrait dominates the
walnut paneled room. It was
done by August Mosca, a World
Telegram and Sun artist, from
photographs and a word picture
supplied by Mrs. Broun.
Mr.. Brolm founded the Guild
in 1888 at meeting in the Will
lard Hotel here. He was elected
its first president and was re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
Strong Quoke Recorded
In Philippines Area

MANILA, Monday, Feb. II Up
An earthquake so strong its
shocks blurred Manila weather
Bureau instruments was recorded
today.
The bureau said the quake
probably centered of the east
coast of the Southern Philippines
in the great Pacific deep. Strong
shocks were felt on Samar Is
land and on a small island of
Mindanao.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
Contract Let for HoteI
At IdIewiId Airport

NEW YORK, Feb. ii (P.--
Award of a $4,279.000 contract
for construction of a 320-room
hotel at Idlewild Airport was
announced yesterday by the Port
of New York Authority, which
operates the field.
The Knott Hotels Corp. OF
New York City, which will op-
crate the hotel, said it expects
to spend $650,000 furnishing it.
The hotel, to be named the
International Hotel. is scheduled
to open next January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

Mariana Qu PonC, JOnn b. bre-
din and his wife, the former Oc-
tavia M. du Pont. and Lammot
du Pont Copeland and his wife
the former Pamela Cunningham
were involved, as we'll as the
Nemours Corp. a Du Pont affili-
ate.
Most of the cases covered tax
assessments for the years 1851,
1852 and 1858.
They centered on gifts and
gift taxes claimed on the be-
quests by the Internal Revenue
Service, but denied as unjustified
by the Du Pont family members.
According to tax court records,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11
Meeting Correction

PTA Area Council "a will hold
an open meeting at 8:15 O'Clock
tonight in the Petworth Library,
Georgia avenue and Upshur
street NV. Nomination and
election procedures will be dis
cussed. Yesterdays PTA Events
Calendar enormously listed the
meeting for 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-11

for confidential information anc
was reinstated after reporting
the espionage attempt. Mr.
Foster was a carpenter at Fort
Lewis. Wash. who was suspended
in 1858 as a security risk. Mr.
Prinas stories played a large
part in the Army's reversal OF
the firing three years later.