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him specifically if he had any
business transactions with Crosby
regarding the operation Of pin
ball machines.
Since Malloy earlier had
denied having any outside bust
ness dealings with Crosby, Sena-
tor Mcclellan ordered him to
answer the question. The witness
still refused to reply.
did you have an under
standing with him Crosby and
with Mclaughlin and Maloney
regarding pinball operations?'
Senator Mcclellan asked.
Il decline -" Malloy said.
Senator Mundt warned the
witness that he might face per-
jury charges since he previously
had denied any outside business
dealings with Crosby and asked
If he wished to answer the ques-
ton.
MaIlcy. d pudgy, heavy jowled
individual. turned and consulted
his attorney, and then replied,
No. ! don't want to change
it."
Tire Portland commissioner.
Stanley w. Earl. AZ, who was
active in the labor movement as
an officer CT the CLIO Wood
workers Union before entering
politics. said he was told by
Crosby that he would be opposed
for reelection If he did not sup
port pinball machine legislation.
Opponent Supported
When he refused to 60 along
with the Crosby request he said
the Transfers Union actively
supported his opponent and
tossed more than $4,000 into his
campaign.
Mr.. Crouch and Malloy testl-
fed after James B. Elkins, Port
land gambling operator. told
about the setting up OF a COM
pany with teamsters blessings to
monopolize pinball operations at
an estimated return Of $3.50, 900
a year. The company. Elkins
said. was the Acme Amusement
Co. and its machines were sup
piled with union stickers.
Mr.. Crouch was first asked by
Mr.. Kennedy why he had the
gun behind his door when COM
mittee investigators called on
him early this month.
Sometimes in Portland the
teamsters got pretty rough" the
witness replied.
do you have some fear Of
something happening?" asked
Mr. Kennedy.
"One never knows" the wit
ness replied.
Who did you fear and whom
did you think was coming to call
on you?" the committee counsel
queried.
Feared Teamster Member
"Oh. someone from the Team
sters Union" Mr.. Crouch replied.
Mr.. Crouch said that one day
in 1855 Malloy walked into his
cafe and asked where all the
pinball machines came from He
said he told him from Stanley
Terry. a distributor who Elkins
had said earlier was outside the
teamster-supported company.
Malloy then warned him, the
witness said. that II had better
take them out or he would have
them moved out into the street. !"
Il told him he couldn't do
that, that / belonged to a union
too--hte Cul nary Workers" the
witness added.
A couple OF days later Mr..
Crouch said that pickets APP
peared before his place and then
afterwards a man from the Acme
company called about Installing
his machines.
Mr. Crouch said he turned
down the request and later asked
Mr.. Terry why he didn't join the
Transfers Union. He said the
pinball men replied they
wo';ldn't let HIN, that "the head
guy is in Seattle West Goa st
Teamster headquarters.
Deliveries Cut on
The witness said that on one
occasion he also almost had q
fight with Malloy but thai the
police interviewed.
They cut off nv deliveries of
coffee. beer and bread Mr.
Crouch said, adding that patrons
stopped coming into the cafe
and he was forced to close down
for several months.
He said that at one point he
tried making deliveries himself
and that on one occasion Malloy
ard some other men trailed him
and tried to take coffee out OF
his car. He said Il pulled out a
monkey wrench and drove them
off,"
Malloy was first asked by Mr..
Kennedy whether he was in
volved in dynamiting and acid
throwing in Portland in the
$1,000 labor violence which had
been described earlier by MI.
Earl.
Il decline to answer the uues-
ton on the grounds that have
two indictments against me In