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lied her to say that he is calling
a meeting of the unions execu-
tive board for about mid-June.
She said she was not sure Of the
exact date.
Beck until now had insisted
that he would run for reelection
at the unions convention. due
to convene in late September in
Miami.
His reversal of intent evidently
recognized the growing move
within the Transfers Union to
GUST him from the unions helm.
Target Of Probers
The 62-year-old Beck has been
the main target of Senate Rack
cts Committee investigators who
accused him of taking more than
$4,000 Of Transfers funds for
his personal use, although Beck
has repaid the union some $780,
900.
He invoked the Fifth Amend
ment more than 200 times. how
ever. in refusing to tell Senate
Investigators under oath about
his complicated financial deal
ings with his unions money.
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat
Of Arkansas, chairman of the
committee before which Beck
appeared. told reporter Beck's
decision is certainly a very pro-
greSsive step toward the clean
up Of conditions in the Team
sters Union that have become
intolerable to decent Americans. !"
SHOULD Have Resigned"
Senator Mcclellan said Beck
should "have gone q step further,
however, and resigned"
II do not think 1t would be
presumptuous." Senator McClel-
Ian said ito say that the expo
sures made by the Senate Select
Committee have been an impor-
tant factor in his decision to
quit"
Beck's decision not to- run for
q new five-year term came as
his fellow Teamstef leaders, led
by the unions general secretary,
John F. English. were arranging
to force an Executive Board
meeting.
It remained q question whether
Mr. English and other union
leaders would be willing to let
Beck continue as president dur
ing the remaining four months
before the Transfers convention
and election Of a new slate Of
officers.
Beck's announcement, through
his ONCE, that he would not
stand for reelection was his first
public indication that he felt any
necessity for him to get out as
president Of the union.
Instructed by Phone
1t was reported that it was his
fondest hope that he could run
again, be reelected as a sort Of
vindication, then resign and step
out of Transfers affairs.
Miss Watkins said she received
q telephone call from Beck late
yesterday, afternoon authorizing
the two-point statement - that
Beck would not run again, and
that he was summoning the Ex-
ecutive Board to a mid June
session.
She declined to say where
Beck called from. but Indicated
1t was not from Seattle, where
he was last reported.
At Seattle. attempts to locate
Beck for comment were fruitless.
The telephone operator reported
the unlisted home number by
which he formerly could be
reached was disconnected. There
was no sanswer at the Seattle
teamsters headquarters. At the
swank Beck home. north Of the
city, draperies and shades were
drawn at the windows and the
door chime went unanswered.
English Sought Meeting
1t was learned earlier yester-
day that Mr.. English had been
working to get a session Of the
Transfers Executive Board con-
vened in about two weeks. He
has been given what amounts to
a blessing from the AFL-CIO to
conduct a cleanup drive.
The 68-year-old English, q
Teamsters member for more than
half a century. had written men,
bers Of the 13-man board, in
GLIDING Beck, suggesting a meet
ing Is needed.