Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-19
Brewster Can't Exp|oin
Unions $4,000 Outlay
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COHtlnueu FROM flTSt rage
the $4,000 check. Brewster said
he would not deny or affirm" it
But he said if Mr.. Kennedy
would tell him what he was lead
ing up to he would explain it.
But when details were requested
Of the specifi $4,000 transaction
the Teamster leader said he
would have to check further into
the matter.
At one point when MIR. Brew
ster repeated that the special
fund" was handled by O'Reilly,
Mr.. Kennedy broke in to say:
II might say Claude O'Reilly is
dead now"
Eyes, he's dead" Brewster re-
piled.
Asked if anyone else who had
been connected with Local TIA
could throw any light on the
special fund" Brewster hesitated
for a moment and then men,
toned the name Of a secretary
named Peggy who now sis over
in Japan"
This brought a litter from the
audience and Brewster, his face
flushing. said he had hestitated
to mention the secretary's where
abouts because he expected
laughter. In an earlier hearing
another TeamSter official had
testified that his former secre-
tary was somewhere in Asia.
Cashiers Check Issued
Mr.. Kennedy brought out that
on the same day the $4,000 check
was issued by Brewster and
OReilly a cashiers check for
$4,000 was obtained and made
payable to Palm Desert Proper
ties, Inc.
Asked about this, Brewster
said:
II don't recall this transaction.
am going to have to refresh
my memory"
Records introduced by Mr..
Kennedy indicated that Brews-
ter made four payments totalling
$l5,182.82 on a Palm Springs
house from March through Sep.
TENDER. 1851. with only one of
the payments, a $500 check
being Brewster's own personal
check.
Brewster commended he bor-
rowed $4,000 during this period
to buy the home. He said the
loan was obtained from Will
liam Edris. a retired business
man. who owns the Olympic
Hotel in Seattle and has other
interests.
One of the matters Brewster
was unable to explain was a |
$3.50 Transfers check. dated
September 30. 1854, and cashed
at the FL Rancho Motel of Mill /
brae, Calf.
Paid Trainers Bill
Mr.. Kennedy introduced an
affidavit from the motel operator
saying 1897 of the $3.50 check
went to pay the hotel bill of
Mel Eisen. racing trainer for
Brewster. and Mrs. Eisen and
$3.50 was given in cash to the
trainer.
The motel is 4 miles from the
Bay Meadows racing track and 2
miles from the Tanforan track. /
Mr.. Kennedy said records in
dicated that Brewster, Mr.. and !
Mrs. Eisen and Richard Caval-
laro, Jockey. stayed at the
motel at the time.
Mr.. Kennedy said the $3.50
check was charged on the Team
sters book to Officers and dele
gates expenses"
Brewster acknowledged that
neither the trainer nor the
Jockey were union officers or had
been delegates.
II Don't Remember"
In bringing up the matter,
Mr.. Kennedy asked Brewster If
the Western Conference of
Transfers had paid any hotel
bills for Eisen while the trainer
was attending racing meets.
Il don't remember any," Brew
stei replied. Shown Teamster
records and the check, Brewster
said:
Il don't remember the trans
action"
Can you explain that?" asked
Mr.. Kennedy.
mo. I cannot"
The committee produced travel
records showing that the Team
sters had paid numerous bills for
air travel, not only for Eisen,
but also for his son, Bobby;
Jockey Cavallaro and in one in
stance for DR.. Alex Grinstein Of
Seattle. Wash. described as the
personal physician for Dave
Beck, president of the Transfers
International Union.
Brewster said DR.. Grinstein
had served as consultant for
the Transfers on health and
welfare and had attended West 4
ern Conference and policy meet |,
ings.
Under pressing questions by
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat of
Arkansas, the committee chair
man. and others about the use
OF Teamster funds to pay ex-
penSes of racing trainers and
others not connected with the
union Brewster protested at one
point that he had not had a
opportunity to check on the diff
ferent matters.
Mcclellan Is Aroused
Senator Mcclellan stormed
back that Brewster had been
given an opportunity to discuss
all the matters on which he was
being questioned with the COM
mittee staff before he appeared
as a witness and had declined.
Brewster sought TO explain
that he would have been CON
fused" by the staff conferences
and on the advice Of his at