Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-02

ment throughout the State.
The investigation recessed
sters officials offered to contrib.
ute $4,000 to a gubernatoria
candidate if they could get theil
man appointed to the State
Liquor Commission.
The hearings will resume Tues
day.
State Utilities Commissioner
Howard Morgan, who revealed
the offer, testified he was told
the source of the contribution
was Dave Beck, Transfers pres
ident. and Frank w. Brewster
Transfers West Coast vice pres
ident.
Offer Was Rejected
Mr.. Morgan. former Oregon
State Democratic chairman, said
the proposal was described to
him last September, by a Port
land beer distributor. The money
was to go to the campaign OF
State Senator Robert Holmes
the successful Democratic can
didate for Governor. He de-
scribed the offer as industrial
blackmail" and said 1t was re-
ljected fatty.
The beer distributor, Mantor
j. Spear, admitted after Ions
questioning by Senators that he
told Mr.. Morgan "the Teamsters
would make a contribution" tc
the Holmes campaign If they
could get their man on the CON-
mission.
Mr.. Spear formerly worked fol
ia Seattle liquor distributing firm
iof which Mrs. Dave Beck is listed
as vice president, and Dave
Beck. jr., was an officer at the
time.
Mr.. Morgan said this was one
Iof numerous incidents which led
him to become convinced that
some Transfers officials and
their associates planned ito take
over law enforcement in the
State on a local level and right
up to the Governors chair"
Justice Gets Terry Data
Other highlights Of yesterdays
hearing included:
/. Chairman Mcclellan of the
select Senate committee ordered
sent to the Justice Department
for possible perjury prosecution
tangled testimony on whether
Stanley G. Terry, Portland pin
ball operator. gave $4,000 to
Brewster to square himself with
the Transfers Union. Senator
Mcclellan said conflicts In the
testimony could not be reconciled
and someone was lying"
2. Terry fatty denied paying
of Mr.. Brewster or ever telling
anyone he paid a chunk of money
to get back into the Transfers
Union so he could operate his
business. He also denied promis-
ing to pay $500 TO Hy Gold
baum. Las Vegas New, gambler
and friend of Mr.. Brewster, to
arrange a meeting with the labor
leader.
3. Terry denied ever meeting
with Mr.. Brewster but later said
he may have seen him" when
he went to Brewster's Seattle
tWash0 Office with two other
pinball operators to see another
Transfers official.
4. Two affidavits from associ-
ates Of Goldbaum. on probation
after serving a prison sentence
on Federal income tax charges.
were introduced to show that the
gambler expected to be paid of
by Terry for getting him the
Brewster appointment, and COM
planned that Terry didn't come
through.
5. Goldbaum denied he ex-
pected anything from Terry but
acknowledged he might have said
Il did a favor worth $500. +"
He explained this by saying II
pop of a lot
Describes $4,000 Offer
Mr.. Morgan, who was active
in the Holmes campaign for
Governor after working for Adlai
Stevenson in the Democratic
presidential primary. explained
the $4,000 offer in this way:
He said the Holmes campaign
needed $4,000 for billboard ad-
vertising over the State and that
Mr.. Holmes had been informed
the money was available from
a source and was connected
somehow with reforming the
liquor commission.
Mr.. Morgan looked into the
situation and was directed to Mr.
Spear and they had lunch. Dur
ing the lunch Mr.. Morgan said
he asked the beer distributor:
What's this about $4,000
floating around that might be
available to the Holmes cam
paign and connected with the
liquor commission"
Names Beck and Brewster
He asked what was the source