Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-13

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Rand of knowing a lot more
than you are telling"
This charged was leveled at
the witness specifically in con-
nection with the CLAY boat
incident.
Reading from an official
union broadcast in which a
union publicist gave the union
credit for the incident, Sen
ator Goldwater told the wit
ness:
II think you know a lot more
than you are telling"
Fast and Angry Start
The charge by Senator Gold
water got today's hearing OF
to a fast and angry start. Ac-
cusing the union by implica-
ton with having planned and
carried out the clay boat dem
onstration, Senator Goldwater
expressed determination to get
to the bottom of the incident.
The Arizona conservative
said he thought it might be
necessary to subpoena Charles
Schultz, CLIO president for
Wisconsin. in order to show
Statewide union completely.
IF we have to drag every
man in Wisconsin down here
to prove it, I think we should"
Senator Goldwater said.
Bigger Appropriation"
Chairman Mcclellan, Demo.
crat of Arkansas, observed that
If the committee started bring.
ing everyone in Wisconsin. tc
the Nations capital, I'VE are
going to have to get a bigger
appropriation"
Senator Goldwater told the
committee he had information
that the clayboat, a Norwegian
freighter named The Fossum
had a JAW representative
aboard from Detroit to She.
boygan. He added that until
he got more information or
this matter, he was not goine
to press it further.
The Fossum was the center
of the incident when it docked
at Sheboygan in July. 1855. II
was carrying a cargo of Eng
lish ceramic clay for the Kohler
Company.
Efforts to unload the cargo
and transship it by truck to
the nearby Kohler plumbing
fixture plant were repulsed by
a large and unruly crowd. The
ship also was denied unloading
facilities at Milwaukee because
of a CIO picket line and SUBJ
sequently discharged its cargo
at Montreal from where the
clay was sent to Kohler by rail.
1t was Mr.. Rand's second
day on the stand. Yesterday
he was confronted by two con-
tractors who said the union
representative had both threat
ened them and attempted to
buy them of.
Cornelius Happy" Buteyn,
one of the contractors who had
undertaken the job of unload
ing the boat, quoted Mr.. Rand
as saying. IF you don't CO.
operate we will pull out all
the stops to prevent you from
unloading the boat"
His brother, Peter Buteyn,
owner of the contracting firm,
said Mr.. Rand subsequently
offered Ito make arrangements
with the bank" to help the Bu-
teyns out financially if they
would drop the unloading con-
tract.
Mr.. Rand said in subsequent
examination that he had offered
to do what he could" to help
out the Buteyns, but added that
he had no personal financial
resources and lacked authority
to commit the JAW in a flnan-
cial way.
Mr.. Rand fatty denied that
the union had organized the
clay boat incident, and told
the committee he had said to
Peter Buteyn that the union
could do nothing to prevent the
Buteyns from unloading the
clay.
One of the Buteyn brothers
told the committee that Mr.
Rand had heaped on him abuse
so violent and obscene that the
witness could not repeat the
words aloud. At the direction
of Senator Mcclellan the wit
ness wrote the words on q
piece of paper.
Mr.. Rand's version of the
encounter was that II discussed
the matter with him."