Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
Beck S Decision
On Submitting
RecordsDe|ayed
Brewster to Return
To Stund Tuesday
In Union Fund Quiz
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON and
CECIL HOLLAND

Senate committee investigators
said today that Dave Beck. pres
ldent of the Transfers Union,
has informed them that he will
not make a decision until Tues
day at the earliest on whether
he will turn over voluntarily his
personal financial records.
The union chief sent a tele-
gram to Chairman Mcclellan.
Arkansas Democrat, asserting
that he wanted to talk with his
lawyers Tuesday night and
would reply to your wire i'm
mediately thereafter"
Senator Mcclellan yesterday
wired Beck a demand for his
personal records for the period
l949 through 1855 and asked for
an immediate reply.
viii Subpoena Records
While he did not say so direct
~, the Senator made it clear
that he intended to subpoena the
records unless he heard from the
Teamster boss within "A hours
after the committee request was
wired yesterday afternoon.
There was no immediate word
on whether Senator Mcclellan
would accept Beck's intended
delay.
Committee investigators mean
while TOOK a breather today be-
fore resumlng their questioning
OF Frank w. Brew ster, race
horse-owning president of the
Western Conference of Team
sterS, about his use of union
funds for personal expenses.
Hearings Resume Tuesday
Brewster, who admitted that
funds of the conference had
been used to pay transportation
for his jockey and trainer, will
testify again at 10 am. Tuesday
when the hearings will be re-
Sumed
He faces questioning at that
time about alleged diversion of
union funds for other personal
uses, including the purchase of
automobiles for himself and his
wife. payment of hotel bills and
travel expenses and fees to mob
sters.
Brewster. vice president of the
is million-member Teamsters
international Union. is being
questioned by the Select Senate
Committee investigating racket
eering in labor and industry. The
committee is exploring charges
that Brewster and other Team
ster officers conspired with some
public officials and mobsters to
control vice operations in Port
land, Greg.
Queried on Checks
In his first appearance before
the committee yesterday. the
well-dressed. 60-year-old Brew
ster entered a blanket denial OF
the vice conspiracy charges. But
he failed to explain to the inves-
tlgating Senator's satisfaction
the purposes of many large
checks drawn by him on the
Western Conferences bank &C
count.
While admitting that Team
sters' funds had been used TO
pay travel expenses of his Jockey
and trainer. Brewster said he
had ordered an audit of the
unions books and added:
If any money has been di-
yerted to me, it can go back
where it belongs"
The labor leader failed to ex-
plain and faces further question:
ing also on Western Conference
checks totaling $4,000 put
through Los Angeles Transfers
public relations account" in
1851 and 1852.
Committee Counsel Robert F.
Kennedy brought out that at
least $4,000 of the money re-
portedly was Immediately for
warded to Nathan w. Shelter
man, identified as a public re-
lations and labor relations con-
sultant for Sears Roebuck a.
Co. in Chicago. Brewster de-
scribed Sheferman as a friend
of Beck.
Denies Improper Use
Brewster. under pressing in
terrogation, admitted that travel
expenses for his trainer and
jockey were paid for out of union
funds in 1853. He contended this
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