Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-22

had been told BY the manager
beforehand that they Wouidn'l
be with u much longer"
From iDlD through 1865.
Pierre 6nlinger. . COMMITTEES
investigator. testified. the Shelf
fertnan firm earned t2.4ol ,7ot
III fees and retainers. During
the same period. the witness
added. expenses Of the firm
totaled e2,s7e.Be6.
Mr.. eaiineer said that from
January /, 1850, through De-
cember 81. 1856. nhefferman
drew tzp6.Sb3 from the arm
and his SON. Shelton. drew
S2it. sos. The family together
drew out Of the Arm IN the last
six-year period e607, asa, Mr..
Salingef testified.
McClellan Opens Hearing
Senator Mcclellan opened the
hearings with q statement say
Ing they would center on Shelf
ferman and would have these
two major significances:
II. We shall attempt to
ascertain whether the National
Labor Relations Act better
known as the Taft-Hartley
Act. Is suiIicient 10 cope with
the practices Of certain anti
union employers.
-. We shall attempt to learn
whether or not legislation Is
needed 70 cope with, the grow
Ing number Of Iniddlemen In
the labor-nianagement field"
In advance Of the hearings
Chief Counsel Robert y. KEN
nedy assailed the lack Of co.
operation from many Of the
employers involved In the Shelf
fermAn cases.
Declares Many Lied
I'VE have found more lyinr
By employers In these cases
than we have with any union
leaders," said Mr.. Kennedy.
He also revealed that q
former 9hederman employe
and q key figure In one Of the
cases under investigation 10 out
Of the country and has refused
70 return for the hearings.
He did not name the indi.
vidual in advance Of the hear
ings. He indicated. however.
that his investigators have
been In touch with him.
In the hearings. expected 10
run for two or three weeks,
allegations against more than
q dozen companies In II States
viii be explored.
One Of the companies In
volved viii be the Mennen Co
Of Morristown, N. j.. In which
the family Of Gov. q. Mennen
Williams Of Michigan has q
major interest.
Mr.. Kennedy acknowledged
this was one Of the companies
involved after Gov. Williams
announced in Detroit he had
written the committee q letter
regarding the company.
Gov. williams told Of deal
ings the firm had with Johnny
Dio. New York labor racketeer,
and said the company later
employed Is labor consultant
q arm since found TO be headed
BY Shefferman. The company's
employees, In Q 1854 NLRB cleo
ton. rejected union representa-
ton.
Gov. williams. referring to
the Mennen Co. dealings with
Dio. said he made the informa-
ton public because 1T shows
how B business Arm. operating
in good faith. can find itself
dealing with racketeers under
the guise Of labor oreaniza-
ton"
Other Firms Involved
Other companies in Illinois.
Indiana, Michigan, Missouri.
Ohio. California. Oklahoma.
New York and Massachusetts,
win also be involved. Atten-
ton in the hearings viii be
conferred primarily on the
management Of the various
companies and their dealings
with 6hefferman and his Chi
cago consulting firm.
Senator Mcclellan, without
naming any names. has said
that the overall inquiry will
emphasize the illegal and i'm
proper activities Of manage
ment against unions"
Sheiferman came under the
committees scrutiny for his
financial dealings with Dave
Beck, president Of the Team
steFs Union. He Is under In
dictment with Beck on charges
growing out Of Beck's income
tax difnculties.
The labor consultant. 1t Is
expected, win be recalled as a
witness before the current
hearings are over.