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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Teamster Jimmy Hoffa scorns the Fifth Amendment
He's got 1--WE refreshed my memory the best
of my recollection and nearly as recall don't
remember nothn'."
poll shows Senator Kefauver would beat Vice President
Nixon for President the election tomorrow That's
KeauverS trouble Every time he for President the
election was yesterday.
New compromise civil rights Everyone regardless of
color vote for candidate-and the heavyweight
boxing championship shall become elective office.
Senator these last days Congress awful
hard the budget He's three pairs of Shoes
marking time.
Lipstck A cosmetic used by women to decorate cups
towels napkins and soda fountain straws.
Ike says he's tremendously disappointed in Congress
Ike's so fired up, he may out and give EN- heck.
Since swearing isn't allowed before the Senate rackets
committee suffice it that Teamster Jimmy Hofa has
the blank-blankest memory in the land.
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Co|oradoS Seven
Win RetriaIs

DENVER, Aug. "a tP).-The
United States 10th Circuit
Court of Appeals yesterday re-
versed the convictions of seven
alleged Communists and or
dered new trials for them.
The reversal was based on a
lower court error in allowing a
charge of conspiracy to organ
ize the Communist Party to go
to the jury for decision.
The Circuit Court said that
since a Supreme Court decision
last June it is accepted law that
the word organize" in the
Smith Act refers to the adop-
ton of the Communist Party
constitution in 1915.
The opinion said the charge
of conspiracy to organize was
invalid because the three-year
statute of limitations started
running in 1945. The seven
were charged in 1854, nine
years afterward.
Convicted in the May, 1855.
Federal District Court trial in
Denver were Arthur Barry, his
eStranged wife Anna. Harold
ZEPPELIN, Lewis M. johnson.
Joseph and Maia Scherrer and
Patricia J. Blau, all of Colo
RADIO. They received heavy
fines and Jail sentences from
then United States District
Judge Jean S. Breitenstein.
The opinion by Chief Judge
Sam Bratton said the evidence
against the seven was sufficient
to show conspiracy to teach
and advocate the violent over
throw Of the American Gov
eminent.
The court upheld the lower
courts ruling that there was
a clear and present danger
ARISING out of statements,
offerings and teachings of
the Colorado seven"
Herbert M. Boyle, first as
siStant United States attorney,
said any decision as to whether
the case will be tried again
will be made by the Justice
Department in Washington.
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pany which handled the multi
million dollar business of the
Central States Conference OF
Transfers.
81. James r. Hoffa and DR..
Leo Perlman. a majority stock
owner in the Union Casualty
Co.. went into business in North
Dakota under the name OF
Northwest Oil Co.
%. Mr.. Hoffa joined Mr.. Car
ney Matheson, the attorney
who negotiates contracts for a
segment of the trucking indus
try, in an investment in the
Terminal Realty Company in
Detroit. Mich.
%. Mrs. James r. Hofa ac-
quired an interest in a truck
ing company in Detroit, Mich,
which had contracts with Lo-
cal 299 Of the Transfers Union,
Of which Mr.. James r. Hoffa
is president. Another stock
holder in this company was
Dale Patrick, nephew of Frank
Fitzsimmons. a business agent
of Local 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
Close Associates
Of james R. Hoffu

q. James r. Hoffa placed
Eugene c. (Jimmie) James as
head Of luke Box Local 9S5 in
Detroit. Mich. James was &C.
cused by the Douglas-Ives
Committee Of stealing some
100000 from the Laundry
Workers International Union
Welfare Fund.
20. James r. Hoffa and
Owen Brennan, president of
Local 1877 in Detroit. lent
James $4,000 or $4,000 to start
the operations of Local 985.
James repaid Hoffa and Bren-
nan by placing their wives on
the union payroll under their
maiden names. Josephine
Poszywak and Alice johnson.
He had repaid almost three
times the original investment
when the matter came to light
before a Michigan Grand Jury.
20. James r. Hoffa assisted
Samuel Shorty" Feldman,
Philadelphia ex-convict, in OBJ
tanning a charter for friends in
the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers Union.
80. James r. Hoffa imported
Robert Barney" Baker to work
for him as an organizer in the
central States Conference OF
Transfers. Baker. a New York
tough" with a prison record
for throwing stink bombs and
injury to property, is referred
to in the records of the New
York State Crime Commission
as a collector for the Service
Collective Agency" a front
through which large sums Of
money were obtained from the
public loading racket.
81. James r. Hoffa has had
a long and continued associa-
ton with Johnny Dio, three
times convicted labor extor-
zionist, who has served time
in Sing Sing Prison.
80. James r. Hoffa main
tanned Gerald Connolly, a Min
neapolis organizer, in his Job
after he had been convicted
of taking a bride from an en-
ployer in Minneapolis, MINI.
Connolly had gone to Mime
apolis after leaving Florida
under a cloud" after partici-
patton in an organizational
drive Of the Laundry Workers
International Union in which
he was associated with two
gunner. Solly Isaac and Dave
Cominsky, who were convicted
for attempted murder.
80. Chicago Taxicab Local
TIT, a part Of the Central
States Conference Of Transfers,
Of which Hoffa is chairman,
has maintained the services Of
trustee Joseph Glimco. Glimco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24

some enterprising magazine
or syndicate will publish
here, for it answers questions
that everyone concerned with
foreign affairs ought to know.
The author. at present in
America, is Prof. Domen-
leo Riccardo Peretti Griva.
honorary president of the
Italian Supreme Court. for
mer first president Of the
Court of Appeals in Turin,
and president of the board
of arbiters Of the European
Federalist Movement (ac-
lively promoted by the
United States). He contrib
utes occasionally to La
Stampa of Turin and II
Giorno of Milan, both con-
sentative newspapers. Like
most intelligent Europeans,
he is knowledgeable about
European communism on
both sides of the iron curtain.
Prof. Peretti-Griva headed
a delegation of European jur-
lists invited by the Peiping
government to visit China
last spring, to study the
existing legal system and
present recommendations for
its improvement. He and his
colleagues were. of course,
thoroughly familiar with Eu-
ropean law. He also appears
to have had considerable
knowledge of the law of
China previous to the revolu-
ton.
So here we have a highly
competent student and OBJ
server.
The report is condensed
into some $4,000 words. di-
vided into eight chapters:
General Impressions; Mar
riage. Family and Divorce:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Need Is Seen for Reports on Country
By Experts Interested Only in Facts

The tempest caused in the
State Department by the
acceptance Of a paid trip to
China via Moscow by q group
Of American young people is,
to my mind, exaggerated.
This column looks dimly
upon trips financed by for
\eign governments. even by
those with which the United
States has friendly relations.
There is a natural obligation
in return for acceptance of
a gift of free and expensive
travel that precludes COM
plete objectivity. and the
gift is conferred with that in
mind. But since the State
Department is also doing the
same thing, we cannot raise
the issue on those grounds.
1t is doubtful whether
these young tourists will add
anything valuable to knowl-
edge about the new China.
But Secretary Dulles had also
prohibited journeys by es-
tabliShed journalists. whose
backgrounds and training
could greatly aid public
knowledge of the country.
This ban now has been lifted,
or partially lifted. A foreign
policy based on ignorance has
nothing whatever to recon-
mend it. China, the largest
nation of Asia. is, by the
present policy, terra incognito
to the American people and,
as far as direct contacts are
concerned. to the American
Government-unleSS through
espionage agents who are not
always the best sources of
pertinent information.
This week, via a friend, /
have read a report on Com
muniSt China that ! hope
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Trusteeships

AZ. James r. Hoffa was
named trustee of Local GA in
Pontiac. Mich. after top officers
of that local were indicted for
extortions in a Michigan high
way paving scandal. Hoffa then
appointed two of the indicted
officials as business agents to
run the affairs of this local.
They were both subsequently
convicted of extortion.
43. j a m e. r. Hofa wa s
named trustee of Local 1923 in
Joplin, Mo. after the locals
president, Floyd C. Webb, had
been accused of spending thou
sands of dollars in union funds
for his own personal benefit
and after union members had
complained that Webb had
threatened their lives for COM
planning about the way he was
running the union. After being
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Conflicts of Interest
In Stock

"a. James r. Hona pur-
chased 400 shares of stock in
the A. c. r. Wrigley Co.. a
Michigan supermarket firm
with whom the Transfers
Union has contracts. Labor Re-
lationS Director Of the A. C. F.
Wrighley Co. is Mr.. Jack
(Babe) Bushkin from whom
Hoffa borrowed $4,000 in cash
in 1852 or 1858.
rs. James r. Hofa pur-
chased 600 shares in Mclean
Industries. a company whose
trucking division had contracts
with the Transfers Union.
26. James r. Hoffa pur-
chased SIS. 900 in stock of the
Fruehauf Trucking Co. with
whom the Central States Con-
ference Of Transfers, of which
he is the head, has contracts.
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Pepper Locals

Al. James r. Hoffa MASTER
minded and played a key role
in the chartering Of seven paper
locals in New York City, know
ing these locals to be racket
controlled and devoid of mem
bership. Hoffa did this to effect
the election of his friend. John
O'Rourke. who took the Fifth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
Conflicts Of Interest;
Business transactions

Is. James r. Hoffa set UP a
trucking company which leased
its equipment to the Baker
Driveway Co.. owned by Will
liam Bridge, a truck owner who
had contracts with the Team
Sters Union. The stock Of this
company, the j. & H. Sales Co.,
was put in the name of Hoffa's
friend. James Montante, and
then transferred to the names
Josephine Poszywak and Alice
Alice johnson. maiden names
of the wives of James Hoffa
and Owen Brennan.
IA. j. & H. Sales became Ma
tional Equipment Co., owned by
Josephine Paszywak and Alice
johnson, maiden names of Mrs.
James Hoffa and Mrs. Owen
Brennan. National Equipment
leased equipment to Baker
Driveway Co., at that time
owned by William Bridge and
Carney Matheson. the Detroit
lawyer who negotiated and
negotiates with the Transfers
Union on behalf of the drive
away and Hathaway truck en-
ployers.
Is. The National Equipment
Company, owned by Mrs. James
Hoffa and Mrs. Owen Brennan
in their maiden names, ulti-
mately sold its equipment to the
Convertible Equipment Leasing
Co., owned by William Bridge.
a truck owner who had con-
tracts with the Transfers
Union. and Carney Matheson.
Detroit lawyer, who negotiates
contracts with the Transfers
Union.
Is. Following the solution of
labor problems in Flint. Mich,
with the intercession of James
R. Hoffa. Commercial Carriers,
Inc. a trucking company with
contracts with the Transfers
Union. played a part in setting
up the Test Fleet Corp. The
general counsel of Commercial
Carriers. Mr.. James Wrape, in
corporated the Test Fleet Corp.
in Tennessee under his name
Elliott Beidler. accountant for
Commercial Carriers. kept the
books and records at Test Fleet
for four years at no salary.
Commercial Carriers owner,
Bert Beverage, signed a $50. 900
note for equipment for Test
Fleet. After the company was
set up the stock was quietly
transferred into the names Of
Josephine Poszywak and Alice
Johnson. the maiden names Of
Mrs. James Hoffa and Mrs.
Owen Brennan.
II. Commercial Carriers Corp.
handed Test Fleet Corp. lush
contracts for the transportation
Of Cadillacs. The result: On an
original investment OF $4,000,
Mrs. Hoffa and Mrs. Brennan
received a net profit of SIPS, 900
in the period from January 1949
to December 81, 1856.
10. James r. Hoffa set UP a
company to make investment
loans with Carney Matheson,
the Detroit attorney who nego-
tiatd contracts with Mr.. Hoffa
and the Transfers Union.
10. Mr.. Hoffa Joined with
Mr.. Allen Dorfman. general
agent Of the Union Casualty
Co. and Mrs. Rose Dorfman,
a partner IN the Union Cas-
ualty Co., to purchase the Jack
OLantern Lodge. known as
Joll Properties. Mr.. Hoffa en-
tered this business relationship
despite the fact he was the
trustee for the Central States
Conference Welfare Fund, and
the Dorfmans we're represen-
tatives and collected large
premiums for the handling Of
this insurance fund.
20. Joll Properties. in which
James r. Hona had a financial
interest, received an $1,000
loan from the insurance COM
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Conflicts of Interest
In Loans

/. James r. Hoffa borrowed
$4,000 in cash from Jack
(Babe) Bushkin. a labor rela-
tions adviser who represents a
number of employers with
whom the Transfers have con-
tracts.
2. James r. Hoffa borrowed
$4,000 in cash from j. L. Kee-
shin, a truck owner who had
contracts with the Teamsters
Union.
3. James R. Hoffa borrowed
$4,000 in cash from Henry
Lower, a real estate promoter
whose Florida development,
Sun Halley, is being sponsored
by the Transfers Union. Hot1a
made this loan shortly after he
urged a Detroit bank where
the Transfers had large de-
posits) to loan $4,000 to Lower
at 4 per cent interest. Hofia
paid Lower no interest.
James R. Hoffa sent
Teamster Union business agents
to Florida at union expense to
assist the Sun Valley project
and had Teamster union busi-
ness agents sell lots in the prof.
ect. He did this despite the
fact he had an option to buy
property in the development,
the success of which depended
on the number of Teamsters
purchasing lots.
S. James r. Hoffa borrowed
$4,000 in cash from Harold
Mark, an accountant and audi
tor whose firm reviewed the
records of the Central States
Southeast-Southwest Welfare
Fund. in addition. Hoffa OBJ
tanned the loan soon after Lo-
Gals 299 and 337 of Detroit
made loans to Mark in excess
of 100000 at 6 per cent inter-
est. When Mark loaned Hoffa
back SOS 900, he charged no
interest.
s. James r. Hoffa borrowed
S1l.500 in cash from Herbert
l.. Grosberg. the accountant for
Teamster organizations in De-
troit, who holds his job at the
pleasure of James r. Hoffa.
7. James r. Hoffa borrowed
$4,000 IN cash from a group
of Teamster business agents in
Detroit whose jobs depend on
the good will of James r.
Hoffa.
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Union Funds

8. Local 337 of the Teamsters
Union loaned $4,000 to the
Worthwhile Downs Racetrack, a
trotting horse track in Michi-
gan. where the longtime asso-
ciate of James r. Hoffa. Owen
Brennan, a Teamster Union Of
fetal, raced part of his string
Of harness horses.
9. James r. Hoffa's home
Local 299 and Local 1877 in De-
troit, Mich, purchased the
home of Paul The Waiter
Ricca, notorious mobster of the
Capone gang who has been Or
dered deported from this
country.
10. James r. Hoffa's home
Local 299 and Local 337 in De-
troit, Mich, lent $4,000 to the
Marberry Construction Co.,
owned by Herbert Grosberg
accountant for the Teamsters
Union, and George Fitzgerald,
attorney for the Teamsters
Union. This is about the same
time that Hoffa obtained loans
Of $ll,500 from Herbert Gros-
berg.
II. James r. Hoffa donated
$4,000 Of dues money paid by
Michigan Teamsters to the re-
election campaign Of one Ed
ward Crumback who was run
ming for the post Of president
OF Local l07 in Philadelphia,
Pa. against another Teamster.
Hoffa added he would not hest
tate to use union dues money
for his own reelection If he
felt 1t necessary.
IL. James r. Hoffa made
ARRANGEMENTS for the donation
Of $4,000 to the Wholesale Pro-
duce Buyers Association Of
Detroit. which had been
charged by the Federal Govern
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Answers to
Committee Questions

48. While Teamster General
President Dave Beck took the
Fifth Amendment 140 times
during one session, James r.
Hoffa either avoided or equi-
vocated the answers to Ill
questions at Thursdays ses-
sion.
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Questionable Expenses

40. More than $4,000 in union
funds were paid to the Wood
ner Hotel in Washington. D. c..
for the lodging of friends and
associates of James r. Hoffa
during his trial on bribery-con-
spiracy charges. This money
came from union dues of Team
ster members in Chicago, De-
troit and ST. Louis.
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CHARGES AGAINST HOFFA
Rockets Group Blasts
Conflicts of Interest

In receSSing the Senate Rdckets Committee hearings
late yesterday Chairman Mcclellan declared the teSt-
and questionable activities of James r. Hofa The teri
of his summary fOLoDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24

Amendment before this COM
mittee as head of Joint Council
16 in New York.
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named trustee, Hoffa named
Webb to run the union under
the trusteeship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24

ment for violation of the Anti
Trust laws. Hoffa admitted
that the members had not been
consulted on whether or not
they wished to make this con-
tribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
Union Members

A. James r. Hoffa, who ar
ranged for the loans of al
most $250.000 in union funds
to friends and acquaintance,
sent a Detroit Teamster, who
wanted to borrow $500. to the
bank.
As. James r. Hoffa, who has
repeatedly labeled himself as
the champion of workingmen,
attempted to put 10000 taxicab
drivers in New York under the
leadership Of Johnny Dio, a
convicted labor extorionist. He
did this only a month after
New York newspapers had
published the fact that Dio
had accepted more than $11 ,OOC
to keep certain dress firms in
Allentown, Pa, non-union.
Teumsters Union
46. James r. Hoffa. the 9th
vice president of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Team
sters, supported the cause of
labor racketeer Johnny Dio in
relation to a New York taxicab
charter while he knew that his
own union was attempting to
organize taxicabS under the
direction of Transfers Union
Bird vice president, Thomas L.
Hickey.
AZ. James r. Hoffa, and
others under his direction,
Joined with labor racketeer
Johnny Dio in conspiring to
obtain derogatory information
which could be used for the
purpose of blackening the
character of a fellow Teamster,
Vice President Thomas L.
Hickey. and thus permit Dio,
a convicted extorionist. to
operate the taxicab locals in
the Transfers.
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Metro Group PhOtos


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rehring Danvie After
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-12-05

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ORDER NISI
F. Ray Jones. Assignee For The Purpose
of Foreclosure

F. Ray Jones. Assignee For The Purpose
of Foreclosure
vs..
Gilbert +. Brown and Wanna NJ. Brown,
his wife
No. 1900 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County. Maryland
1t IS ordered this 25th day Of Novem-
Der. 1857. by the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County. Maryland. in Equity. that
the sale Of the property mentioned in these
proceedings as made and reported by F..
Ray Jones, Assignee be ratified and con-
firmed. unless cause to the contrary there
of be shown on or before the 23rd day Of
December, 1857; provided a copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper
printed in Garrett County, Maryland. once
in each of three successive weeks before
the 18th day Of December. 1857.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $500 90.
RICHARD L. DAVIS. Clerk.
True copy.
Test; Richard L. Davis. Clerk.
ADV. 39-3t.