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since repaid. Beck recalled hav'
ing described this loan last weel
on a television broadcast.
Beck declared there wa.
nothing in the slightest degree
improper" about the purchase:
mentioned by Shefferman. ASKED
about such items as knee drawers
and nylons. Beck. "offhand.
didn't recall for whom they were
intended.
1T could very we'll have beer
that we gave them away al
Christmas time as gifts to people
who had done favors for us" he
said
Beck said he had received
thousands of letters" since the
beginning of the Senate inves-
tigation. An overwhelming num-
Der supported him. he said. The
ratio in his favor he placed at
around 500 to l."
THE whole question IS
whether or not ! was authorized
to take the money-it boils down
to that. I could clear myself in
five minutes in any court Of law. =
Beck predicted that his case
would reach the court las sure
as you're standing there" In his
opinion "the income tax people
will have to bring this into
court" on the strength of the
evidence being developed before
the committee.
When it came to an examina-
ton Of his income tax returns
Beck exuded confidence:
You write in your book he
told reporters. every dime I ever
received goes into my income
tax
$4,000 Profit on Deal
A business deal resulting in
a S40.0 900 profit for Shefferman
and his associates was described
by the committee. Beck had
mentioned the transaction in
his March II television appear
ance without supplying the de-
tails.
In 1854 Sheferman said he
and his son had formed a COM
pany known as the Shelton Co.
for the purchase of toy trucks
at the suggestion of Ray Leheny.
secretary of the Union Label
Department of the AFL.
Apparently as a kind of pro-
motion stunt the trucks pias-
tered with union labels were
shipped out to local Transfers
unions throughout the country
and sold to members for the
$4,000 profit. Shefferman tes-
titled that $4,000 was turned
over to the Shelton Co. the
remainder being kept by Leheny
as his share. Eventually, Shelf
fernan understood" $4,000 of
the latter sum was turned over
to Beck and subsequently de-
posted to the account of the
International Transfers Union
Doesn't Know Details
According to evidence before
the committee. Leheny at this
period was also an official of
the Transfers Union. Senator
Kennedy remarked that this was
another example of a transact
ton which benefited both
Shefferman and his friend Mr.
Beck" Wasn't it true, he
asked that the trucks were
sent out to every Teamster local
and that the local unions had
to take them whether they
wanted them or not?
Sheferman. gently reproach-
ful, explained that he knew
nothing of the details involved
in the deal.
His general vagueness about
most OF his business trans
actions drew a sharp comment
from Scripture quoting Senator
Erwin. Democrat Of North Caro-
lima. modifying the usual Bibli-
cal quotation, it seemed to Sem
ator Erwin that Sheferman's
right hand didn't even know
what his right hand was doing. I"
Shefferman was shown a list
OF some Of the items purchased
for Beck and objected to a de-
scription Of his role as the pro
curer" Of the items. He much