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horses valued at about $4,000
plus some funds that were still
In the stables bank account.
Newell received a $4,000 horse
named Alderman. Brewster said
he also got "a mare named
Whang Bang"
Committee Chairman McClel-
Ian broke in to comment,
This was whang bang of a
transaction"
"She was whang bang of a
mare" said Brewster amid
laughter from the hearing room
audience.
Brewster said he considered
that he still owed Newell about
$4,000 as a result of the settle
ment of the partnership. But
he admitted he had not given
the insurance man a note of
any sort.
Took Stock as Salary
Brewster identified 1851. 1852
and 1858 invoices showing he re-
ceived 1000 shares of stock
valued at a little more than SIS
a share in the Affiliated Funds,
Inc. an investment company.
Brewster testified he had a
verbal agreement" with Newell
on getting $4,000 a year for
managing the stables. Asked
why he received the stock in
place of salary, the labor leader
explained:
He said he'd like for me to
save little money and he would
buy the stock for me-"
Brewster, under questioning
said he later sold the stock for
$1,000 through Newell's broker
He insisted. however. he did not
know whether Newell himself
bought the stock.
AS for the payments he re-
viewed, Brewster said:
Il never took it as a COM
mission 1t was a salary"
This led Senator Erwin. Demo-
crat of North Carolina, to COM
ment::
1T looks like not only the
horses were walked, but the
ghosts walked"
Mr.. Kennedy asked Brewster
If his Western Conference had
contributed $4,000 to the cam
paign of Charles TAFT when he
was a candidate for the Seattle
Washington Port Commission
Mr.. TAFT won the election but
funds were never appropriated
to operate the commission.
Brewster said he had sup
ported TAFT and then Mr.. Ken
nedy asked if he and the Team
sters had made a contribution
to Gov. Knight in the 1854 cleo
ton. The witness said they had.
The committee counsel then
asked if he had had any discus
sion with the California Cover
nor about TAFT becoming port
director in San Francisco.
Brewster replied that he may
have written the Governor.
Did you recommend him?"
the counsel asked.
Yes and I'm glad I did. y
Brewster replied. He has done
a wonderful job"
Gave Binoculars to TAFT
Brewster had testified that
among $4,000 in gifts to friends
of the union which were paid
for out of union funds was a
pair of binoculars to TAFT. He
said the gift was from the union
rather than a personal one and
he didn't know whether Mr.. TAFT
got the binoculars or not.
Mr.. Kennedy said that he had
talked to TAFT since Brewster
testimony yesterday and that
the port director told him he
received the gift in 1855 and that
he considered it a personal gift
coming from Brewster.
Mr.. Kennedy asked Brewster
if he talked with Gov. Knight
before his election about an ap-
pointment to the California Har-
Dor Commission and the witness
said that he had not.
Under further questioning
Brewster said that the Governor
had appointed to the commission
Harold Lopez whom he identified
as a business manager of a
teamSters local in California.
Deadline for Beck
Meanwhile, a deadline was at
hand on the committees de-
mands that President Dave Beck
of the Transfers Union furnish
his personal financial records.
Chairman Mcclellan said the
committee was ready to slap
a subpoena on Beck for his
financial data unless Beck turns
them over voluntarily.
Senator Mcclellan twice has
requested the material and fixed
3 pm. EST today as a deadline
for an answer one way or the
other. Beck promised a reply
after ne could talk with his at
torneys, including former Sena-