Originator: FBI
From: LINKER, NORBERT R.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 04/30/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM: LINKER, NORBERT R.

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DIRECTOR, FBI

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DATE: 04/30/1962

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ADHINISTRATIVE

On 1/31/62, PCI WALLACE O'REILLY advised that

the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), Department of the State

of New Jersey, is insisting that all members of the teamsters

unions complete a questionnaire which in part pertains to

In cases where a teamster

member has been arrested, he is required to set forth on

this questionnaire the date of his arrest, the charge,

and the disposition, plus a photograph for the files

of the

ABC. As a result of the ABC's insistence that this

questionnaire be completed in its entirety, ANTHONY

PROVENZANO ordered JACOB FRIEDLAND, attorney for Teansters

Joint Council 73, to fight this issue in the courts 1f

necessary in order. to prevent the disclosure of any teamster's

background.

O'REILLY related that as a result of this request.

DY AbC, PROVENGANO had a memO prepared and distributed

to all

teansters within the state of New Jersey, which

informed the membership that this order by the ABC was

illegal and that the membership was not required to complete

the portion of the questionnaire which pertained to the

criminal background. PCI O'REILLY advised further that

this memo instructed the membership to immediately report

any situation where the management of a particular firm

Insisted that this be completed.. This was to have

been imnediately reported to PROVENZANO's office but

under no circumstances were the members to complete it

if they did not desire to.

ius stated that JACOB FRIEDLAND's son, davId,

* young attorney, who recently joined his father's

practice, was understood to have been responsible for the

research

into the legal precedence on this matter.

O'REILLY stated that the recent arrest of

SALVATORE, BRIGUGLIO, NUNZIO PROVENZANO, and EUSTICE ROPER

by the New York City Police Department has not been dig.

cussed by any of the officials of Local 560 to date.:

PcI stated that the fact that they have not discussed

this matter indicates that the lesser known figure of

these three; namely, ROBER, will in all probability

be ordered to aumit the extortion and thereby exonerate

PROVENZANO's brother, NUNZIO, and BRIGUGLIO.

At that point, O'REILLY made available a 29-

page pamphlet entitled,.

"Your Pension Program, Pension

Fund of Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Ine."

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The provisions of this pamphlet sets forth the following

officials responsible for the management of this phase

of the teamsters operation in New Jersey.

The administrator of the fund is reflected as

MARVIN ZALK, Legal Counselors are JACOB FRIEDLAND and

LOUIS P. BRENNER; Consulting Actuaries are Johnson and

Higgins, New York, New York;

Investment Counselor is

listed as behnas Brothers, New York, New Yor The Board

of Irustees for the Pension Fund are listed in a two

part breakdown, one being for the union and the other.

for the employers. The trustees representing the union

are listed as: LAWRENCE MC DERMOTT, EDWARD HUGHES, ' and

WILLIAM FARRELL. The trustees representing the

employers are PCI WALLACE O'REILLY, SAMUEL PETIX, and

CLARENCE FRANKEL.

O'REILLY advised that MC DERMOTT is business

agent for Local 641, IBT; HUGHES 1s business agent for

Local 560; and FARRELL is business agent for Local 617.

O'REILLY identified SAMUEL PETIX as an official

of the Denver Chicago Trucking Company of Secaucus, New

Jersey, and CLARENCE FRANKEL, as the terminal manager of

Cooper Jarrett, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey.

The pamphlet goes into the intricacles of the

Pension Fund setting forth those who are and who are not

eligible for & pension of $125 upon reaching the age of

in dollar rating being $125 per month.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

On 3/28/62, PCI FINKLE was recontacted, at which

time he advised that

approximately one month ago

he attended

& Local 560 Board of Trustees' meeting in the offices of

the local's attorney, Nt. JACOB FRIEDLAND, He stated that

during the course of this meeting, FRIEDLAND announced

that the loan of $275,000 of Welfare Fund woney, which was

to have been made available to the owners of the Pine Brook

Auction, Route 46, Pine Brook, New Jersey, had fallen

through in that it had been determined by FRIEDLAND that

the owner of this establishment had committed suicide.

PINKLE stated that although he has been unable

to determine the identities of the individuals who are

to receive a $200, 000.00 loan for the renovation of their

New Jersey, he has received information indicating that

this business firm is owned by two brothers of Italian

extraction who reside in the North Hudson County area.

FINKLE advised that PROVENZANO has apparentLy issued

orders to his business agents and organizors to be more

are at this time having difficulty with the enforcement

of the area wide contract.

FINKLE stated that this 1s a

result of the adverse publicity which PROVENZANO has rec

ceived in local newspapers of late and believes this

period of relative peace will continue at least through

the period in which his ow litigation 1s pending.

TINKLE stated that inquiries by the FBI at

trucking terminals through the netropolitan Newark

ares have also alerted the business agents, stewards,

and organitors; and, therefore, they are being very

circuspect in their dealings with the employers and

teamster members.

FInKIt stated that he will attempt to dis

creetly obtain the identities of the owners of the

bowling alley establishment to whom PROVENZANO is making

available $200, 000 of Local 560 Welfare Fund money.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

On 2/8/62, PCI CLIFFORD FINKLE, SR. was contacted,

at which time he advised that several matters had been

brought to his attention concerning the setivities of

Local 560 which he thought worthy of mention. He explained

that since the inception of 560°s Welfare and Pension

Prograns, the Passaid-Bergen Counties Fund has operated at

a profit,

whereas the Hudson County Fund has had deficits

periodically. PCI explained that even though this fact

is easily proven by the annual audits, Local 560's attorney,

JACOB FRIEDLAND, attended the last Board of Trustees

meeting which was held just prior to Christmas (1961)

and

demanded that the Passaid-Bergen Board of Trustees (FINALE

is & Bosad member) raise the employer contribution rate

from $.31 per hour to the Hudson County rate of $.33 per

hour.

FINKLE stated that he was vacationing in Florida

at the time of this weeting, however, learned on return

that the other two employer

trustees, ALBERT SCALETTI and

ALBERT MARCHINI, voted against the proposal of FRIEDLaNd.

FINKLE learned that FRIEDLAND explained to the Board that'

the $.02 differential between the Hudson and the Passaic.

Bergen Fund had created suspicion among the Hudson County

Terminal owners and investigative agencies and felt that

both funds should therefore immediately establish the same

Identical contributory rates.

FINE stated that the second problem brought

before the Trustees has been FRIEDLAND's insistance that

the employers of all 560 members contribute the $ 33 per

hour Welfare and Pension rate for all casual help regard.

dess of mether the sad in ane member o se

The

Pe explained that lu the majority of cases where a

terminal requires additional

was power, generally in

Passaic and Bergen Counties, the union is unable to supply

the men needed. When this occurs, he and other terminal

operators have an available supply of labor which will

work their regular employment and thereafter join the

night or early morning shifts at the particular terminad

in need of man power.

He related that is almost all cases

when this type of labor is

hired, the men are members of unions

other than 560.

FRIEDLAND's insistance that the trucking

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operators contribute s.33 an hour for non-Teamster help

which is hired, 1s sot

only suspicious but unjustified.

He stated that when the employer members of the

Board of Trustees refused to vote in favor of these two

proposals by FRIEDLAND, FRIEDLAND demanded that they bring

the matters before the

New Jersey State Board of Mediation,

1100 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey.

FINKLE

thereafter produced a copy of State Mediator's THOMAS A.

KNONLTON's decision and award in both of the above proposals.

Both questions, namely, Increasing the Passaid-Bergen

truckers contribution to $ 33 per hour and the contribution

of $.33 to 560's Helfare and Pension Fund for non-union

men, was adjudicated in lavor of the union, both effective

as of 2/1/62.

FInKLE stated that he and ald other trucking:

employers with whom he has been in contact since this

decision was reached by KNOILTON, are outraged for several

first, why should the Passaid-Bergen operators

be forced to increase their rates

frow S.31 to $. 33

per hour when their fund issolvent and Hudson County's

Fund which receives $. 33 per hour 1s running into deficit;

second, why should the employers in Passaic and Bergen

Counties contribute Welfare and Pension monies to 560

for men who are not members

treatment and pension rights under 560's contract.

pCI stated that he is of the opinion that State

donat no

Mediator THOMAS A. KNOWLION has been "bought" by PROVENZANO

in order

• to have rendered a decision in the union's favor.

FINKLE related that the next matter brought to

his attention involves the loans of $200,000.00 and

$275,000.00 by Local 560°g Welfare Fund to two separate

business.

firms within the past three months.

PCI explained that one SEYMOUR PASROW, & Newark!

realtor, approached the Passaic-Bergen County Board of

Trustees and informed them that he had learned that Local

was making available tunds for mortgages. "Askon stated

that he then had two clients in need ofvorking capital and

thereafter presented to the Board a picture of his clients®

net worth, including bills, rent, and potential.

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rakhi stated that on the approva. of the trustees

of the Passace and Bergen counties fund and pRovenzard,

PASKOW was furnished checks in the amount of $200,000.00

and

$275,000.00•

FINE related that the loan of $200,000 at 6 per

cent interest for an unrecalled

number of years went to two

brothers, the names of whom he could not recall who own a

bowling alley located In New Brunswick, New Bersey.

This

Loan was ostensibly for improvements of their alleys.

The sun of $275,000 at 6 per cent for fifteen years

Pine Brook, New Jersey,

placed their building and 12 acres of land up as collateral

for this loan.

PCI advised that he possesses no derogatory

information concerning PASKOW of the firus he represented

in these negotiations; however,. he. thought this information

worthy of mention.

FINKLE did state, however,

that a

possibility exists that PROVENZANO and others in the

Teamsters Union who would finally authorize

these loans

could be receiving a percentage of the mortgage. money

It should be noted that in the other case where the PCI

made available information concerning & $400, 000 loan by

560 to the United States Glass and Chemicad Company of

Pittsburg, and New for, an investigation revealed that

this firm was at the time of the loan under Investigation

by the Securities Exchange Commission. It was determined

that this firm had changed

Its name to United States

Diversified Industries as a result of this pending

investigation.

At the conclusion of the contact with fine,

he made available the following docuents, which were

photostated and returned:

I A memorandum submitted to the New Jersey

State Board of Mediation; 1100 Raymond

Boulevard, Newark, by GEOrGE M. EICHLER,

Attorney for the employer trustees of the

trucking

employers of Passaid and Bergen

Counties

Wellare rund whose offices are

located at 921 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City,

New Jersey®

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GEORGE MEICHLER:

COWUNSELLOR AT LAW.

92I BERGEN AVENUE

JERSEY CITY 6, NEW JERSEY

SWARTHMORE 18-8700

January 11, 1962

Clifford B. Finkle Jr., President

Passaic: Terminal and

Transportation Co. Inc.

Bloomfield Avenue

Allwood Section

Clifton, N.J.

Re: Employer Trustees

and

Union Trustees of the Trucking

Employees of Passaic and Bergen

County Welfare Fund.

Dear Mr.

Finkle:

Enclosed herewith please find copy of Memo-

randum on behalf of Employer Trustees in the above en-

titled matter.

Very truly yours,

m. titles

George M

Enel.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

New Haven and New York will note that the

Administrative pages do not include the photostat copies of

the information made available by PCI CLIFFORD FINKLE On

2/8/62 as this information is not pertinent to those divisions.

The Bureau is being furrished a complete set of the photostats

in each of the three reports.

Newark is retaining one set

and Detroit is being furnished

a set for information.

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INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

NK T-]

NY 1716-C

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PCI WALLACE O'REILLY

NK T-3

PCI JOSEPH SINNO

(brother of missing 560

organizor SALVATORE SINNO

NE T.4

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HITS• JENNIS LUONGO, Landlady

SALVATORE SINNO's former residence.

1615 Hudson Boulevard

North Bergen, New Jersey

NK 108

PCI JOSEPH SINNO

NK. T-7

PCI WALLACE O'REILLY

Special Agent PAUL. G. MAHON

Intelligence Unit

Internal Revenue: Service

250 Livingston Street

Brooklyn, New York

(By request)

NK T-9

NY 3452-C*

NK T-10 Former PCI MICHAEL JOSEPH

0 ' CONNOR

NK T-11

Mrs. WINIFRED SINNO, Estranged wife

of SALVATORE SINNO, former organizor...

of Local 560

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INFORHANTS (cont'd)

AX T-12

MC. FRANK FARRELL

Eastern Regional Manager

Super Service Motor

South Kearny, New Jerreyght Company

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NK T-A made available a nineographed letter which.

he advised.was sent to him through the mall during mid

January of 1960.

This letter was prepared by an insurgent

grOup in Local 560, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

(IBT), Union City,

New dersey.

This letter was made avajlable

by NX To and is headed as follows:

"560 Teamster Voice of

the Rank and Flle, written and distributed by Local 560

The letter reads as follows:

"The next regular meeting of Local 560 which

should be held this nonth, will give us the opportunity

to vote on important amendments to our local by laws,

which were proposed by Rank & Filers at the November

meeting.

Some of these amendments are reprinted

here in

this paper.

There are real important ones,

such as our right to elect our own shop steward, one

that gives every member the opportunity to vote in

elections of officers without taking time off, standing

in long lines or traveling many miles to the polling

place.

"The support of every Rank & Filer possible

is needed to pass these amendments.

The voicE is

sending out this SPECIAL EDITION to alert all members

for this next meeting, and the importance of

attending.

We cannot give you the date or place

of

this meeting at this time, but if you are a good

union member, you will check with your steward,

and the Union Hall to find out. You should make

this next meeting & MUST, and VOTE IN SUPPORT OF

THESE AHENDHENTS.

"Article XXVI

Section 26.01 of Constitution and By-Laws of Local 560

To Read:

"This Constitution may not be amended except

by majorlty secret badlot vote of ald nenbers present

at any meeting specially called for such purpose for

& period of one year fron its adoption. Thereafter

proposals for the amendment of this Constitution may

only be submitted at a regular meeting of the Union

to be held in November of each yeat.. The proposed

amendments, unless otherwise provided for herein,

shall be submitted to the Union and read at one regular

meeting and voted uper at the next regular neeting.

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