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Crime Investigators Charge Hof fa Paid
Off Underworld With Welfare Funds
By G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Sen
ate committee investigating rack
ets charged today that James
Hoffa paid “a long-standing debt
to the Chicago underworld” with
three million dollars of Teamsters
Union health and Welfare funds.
The committee in a report to
the Senate, said that Hoffa, presi
dent of the Teamsters Union, per
sonally swung the deals to please
the underworld and benefit the
family of Paul Dorfma'n. It said
Dorfman is the man who intro
duced Hoffa to “Midwest mob
society.”
The committee said Midwest
Teamsters Union members paid
dearly for the deals since 1950, in
drastic reduction of health-wel
fare insurance benefits and in
flated charges for the insurance.
Th committee also filed two
other reports with the Senate on
its 1958 investigations, alleging:
1. That the brothers Max and
Louis Block, who since have re
signed as officials of the Amal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen of North America,
“milked the treasuries” of two
New York locals. The report said
they got $241,000.
2. That the A & P Stores’ east
ern division “participated in -an
elaborate conspiracy”.. with Max
Block to force 10,000 A & P em
ployes into his union under a 45
hour work week contract instead
of the 40-hour week rival unions
demanded.
The three reports followed one
filed by the committee yesterday
charging that Hoffa will “destroy
the decent labor movement” in
this country unless someone
curbs him.
In its blast at Hoffa, the com
mittee said “There does not exist
in the record of the committee a
more shocking or flagrant story of
betrayal of union members and
their families.”
It said the three million dollars
represented commissions and fees
paid since 1950 to Allen Dorf
man and Rose Dorfman, son and
wife of Paul Dorfman, and re
ported that $1,650,000 of the
amount represented overcharges
against the union. The Dorfmans
served as brokers for huge health
welfare insurance programs of the
Central Conference of Teamsters
and the Michigan Conference of
Teamsters.
“The evidence is clear,” the
committee said, “that James R.
Hoffa used these two conference
funds to pay off a long-standing
debt to the Chicago underworld
and to the corrupt labor leader
who introduced him to Midwest
mob society — Paul Dorfman.”
N. Y. Boxing Board
Investigates ‘Mess’
From Title Bout
"" NEW YORK, UP) — The New
York State Athletic Commission
today ordered a fijll scale inves
tigation of the Rosensohn Enter
prises and Floyd Patterson Enter
prises, two corporations involved
in the promotional hassle which
has developed since the Patterson
Johansson title bout last June.
Major General Melvin Krule
witch, chairman of the commis
sion, ordered the commission’s at
torney, James P. Fusscas, to in
vestigate all aspects of the bout
and to report back to the com
mission as soon as possible.
At the same time, Ingemar Jo
hansson said in Goteborg, Swe
den, that he would fly to New
York next week “to see what this
mess is all about.”
Rosensohn Enterprises promoted
the June 26 bout in which Jo
hansson knocked out Floyd Pat
terson for the title.
District Attorney 'Frank Hogan
said last night that his office has
stepped into the well-muddled af
termath of the bout.
TYPHOON GRAZES OKINAWA
NAHA, Okinawa, (A*)—Typhoon |
Ellen grazed northern Okinawa
today and veered out to sea, by
passing densely populated Ameri
ican military bases on the south
end of the island. U. S. Army and
marine officials reported no dam
age or deaths among servicemen.
Steel Talks Continuing
NEW YORK, (A>) — Steel man
agement and union representa
tives met for the third straight day
in mediation session today amid
continuing pessimism.
Both sides declined comment on
whether any progress has been
made toward solution of the 22
day-old strike in the industry.
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
LOSES AID PROVISIONS
FOR DESEGREGATION
WASHINGTON, UP)—The House
Judiciary Committee today ap
proved a civil rights bill providing
federal criminal penalties in
cases of bombings, mob action
against school desegregation and
destruction of election records.
But in a last minute switch, the
committee struck out of the bill
all provisions for technical and
other aid to school desegregation.
Chairman Emanuel Cellar (D
NY) said this switch was the
work of “the same unholy coali
tion — Southern Democrats and
a large number of Republicans.”
It was the third major ampu
tation on the bill accomplished
by the coalition.
The bill, which now goes to
the House, also would extend for
two years the life of the existing
Civil Rights Commission.
‘Takes A Heap O’ Livin’
Poet Dead At 78
DETROIT, Mich., UP) — Edgar
A. Guest, famed poet whose works
were known to newspaper read
ers all over the world, died today
in his sleep. He would have been
78 August 20.
At the height of his popularity,
Guest was among the most wide
ly read men of his time. His name
was most frequently associated
with the first lines of one of his
most famous poems: “It takes a
heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make
it home.”
Guest’s daily poem still ap
peared in the Detroit Fcee Press
and other newspapers up to the
time of his death, despite his bad
health.
At his peak his syndicated daily
poem appeared in nearly 300
American newspapers. He also
produced 17 volumes of poetry and
for several years appeared on a
national radio program.
Chamber Hosts
Editors from 14
States at Nome
Arriving Thursday evening from
Kotzebue and Barrow will be a
group of about thirty members of
the National Editorial Association.
They will remain overnight and
will be guests of the Chamber of
Commerce at an early breakfast
at the North Star. The time of
the breakfast is set for 8 a.m.,
and anyone who wishes to join
the informal gathering is cordial
ly welcome, stated the president
of the Chamber — especially resi
dents who come from the 14 states
represented by the editors. Their
names are listed below:
Wm. F. Baker, Daily Reporter,
Columbus, Ohio; Deskin Wells,
The Leader, Wellington, Texas;
Clare J. Hewens, Daily Tribune,
Bad Axe, Michigan; M. I. Lehman,_
The Witness, Berne, Indiana;
Seymour Sterling, The Herald,
Sangor, Calif.; Clarence Faulk,
Daily Leader, Ruston, Louisiana;
W. A. Butler, Evening Sentinel,
Holland, Michigan; James H.
Marsxen, The Reporter, Foxboro,
Massachusetts;' Leslie K. Hull,
Waukoja Newspapers, Waukon,
Iowa^ Joe E. Hurst, Daily Times,
New Philadelphia, Ohio; Sydney
Lazarus, Republican, Pottsville,
Pennsylvania; Ralph Shannon,
Evening Journal, Washington,
Iowa;
A. W. Bramwell, Enterprise-Rec
ord, Chico, Calif.; Russell W.
Frey, Rittman Publishing Com
pany, Rittman, Ohio; Richard
Robertson, Review, Darien, Con
necticut; R. G. Lyttle, Herald,
Meeker, Colorado; Clay Littick,
Times-iRecorder, Zanesville, Ohio;
Dan C. Preston, Valley Publish
ing Company, Sherman Oaks,
California; James M. Miller,
Zanesville, Ohio; Frank Spencer,
Advocate, Newark, Ohio; John
Fournier, News Journal, Kent,
Washington; Edgar S. Bayol,
National Editorial Association,
Washington, D. C. (
HERTER SAYS REDS
ARE INTERESTED ONLY
IN ANNEXING BERLIN
GENEVA, — The Western
powers blamed the Soviet Union
in the closing session of the Big
Four conference today for their
failure to reach agreement here
on a Berlin settlement. They ac
cused the Soviets of seeking to
anr>ex West Berlin to the Com
munist system.
Secretary of State Herter said
that as far as he had been able
to determine in almost 10 weeks
of negotiation, the Soviet Union
is “not really interested iij im
proving the situation in Berlin.”
“It is interested in getting the
Western powers out of Berlin,”
he said in his final speech of the
conference. “Apparently continued
competitive coexistence of freedom
and Communism in Berlin is un
rewarding to the Soviet Union.
“The Soviet proposals to date
have seemed to us to be designed
gradually to annx these people
to the Communist system against
their will. This cannot be per
mitted,” he said.
HONOLULU HURRICANE
HONOLULU. (A’V—Hurricane Dot
sideswiped Hawaii’s southeastern
most island with a harmless, glan
cing blow today and churned east
ward to open sea. Only outer
winds brushed the southern tip
of the island of Hawaii itself.
Both Niki, Ike, Enthusiastic; Ready to.
Discuss Peace Without 4Sahre-Rattling‘
(By The Associated Press)
Nikita S. Khrushchev, beaming
with good will over his invitation
to America, declared today that a
lasting peace could flow from
friendly U. S.-Soviet relations.
When he and President Eisen
hower get together, first in Wash
ington and then in Moscow,
Khrushchev said, “We must talk
peace without any sabre rattling.”
In Washington, Congressional
callers at the White House de
scribed Eisenhower as enthusias
tic, too, about the trip he will
make to Moscow.
But in Geneva, once more there
was the customary note of gloomy :
doubt that Russia wants amicable
accords.
The West’s foreign ministers
said the Soviets actually are try
ing to annex West Berlin to their
system.
Meanwhile, Vice President Nix
on was flying back to Washing-'
ton with a personal report to Eis
enhower on what he saw and
learned during his own two-week
tour behind the Iron Curtain.
Ten thousand Poles turned out
in Warsaw today, waving and ap
plauding, as Nixon left their city
by jetliner for Washington.
Nixon sent Khrushchev a fare
well letter. In it, according to Tass,
Nixon said he hoped “some prog
ress had thus been achieved
toward a situation where the two
governments, together with, other
governments, could get down to a
peaceful settlement of the im
portant differences between them.
Khrushchev, in his Kremlin
news conference, minimized the
U. S.-Russian differences.
“There are no territorial disputes
between our two countries, nor
any insoluble contradictions, nor
any issues which could prevent the
establishment of a climate of
confidence and mutual under
standing.”
President Will
Broadcast Views on
Labor Control Bill
WASHINGTON, UP) President
Eisenhower will make a nation
wide broadcast tomorrow night
to urge the enactment by Congress
of effective labor control legis
lation.
Eisenhower will speak from his
office at 7:30 p.m. over the major
radio and TV networks.
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty said the White House had
asked for 15 minutes on the net
works “to permit the President
to talk to the nation on the need
of the Congress to enact this year
effective labor reform legislation.”
The move plunged the President
into the midst of a roaring
Congressional controversy, and
brought a swift flareback from
some Democrats differing with
his ideas of what legislation is
best in that field.
Among the Democratic reaction
was talk of demands for- equal
time from the networks to reply
to the President.
In the Senate, Democratic lead
er Lyndon Johnson broadly sug
gested that Eisenhower would be
wise to leave the matter to
Congress.
Eisenhower presumably will
ask for legislation much like that
of the Landrum-Griffin bill, which
has been offered in the House
as a substitute for the bill drafted
by the House Labor Committee.
Union leaders call this bill much
tougher than the one reported by
the House committee. The AFL
CIO is strongly opposed to it.
Eisenhower is known to want,
among other things, legislation
outlawing blackmail picketing and
tightening up laws on secondary
boycotts.
VANDALISM AT AIR BASE
WESTOVER AIR FORCE
BASE, .Mass., UP) — Colonel Wil
liam C. Lewis, base commander,
imposed a curfew Tuesday on all
“unescorted dependents” 16 years
old or under, after a wave of
vandalism at this Strategic Air
Command base. The curfew hour
is 11 p.m., extended to midnight
Friday and Saturday nights.
Japan Fleet Moves
Homeward After
Taking Crab Quota
TOKYO, UPi — A spokesman for
the Japan Fisheries Board said
today that Japanese fleets have
caught their full authorized
amount of king crab in the Bering
Sea and are now en route home.
He said there “is nothing to
it,’’ when informed reports from
Seattle indicated the fleets may
have been ordered home for other
undisclosed reasons.
The Japanese set their own
king crab quota. The board did
not disclose what it was this year.
• * •
In Seattle, The Times said it
had learned the shutdown of Japa
nese king crab operations was the
result of a recent 21-day scouting
trip to the Bering Sea by the Jean
nette F. of Seattle.
The dragger, owned by Wake
field Fisheries, went to the area to
investigate movements of the
Japanese and Russian fishing
fleets. Crew members learned
from Japanese fishermen that the
crab take had been exceptionally
heavy.
The Times said there have been
indications since the Jeannette
F’s voyage that Lowell Wake
field, president of Wakefield Fish
eries, will ask the International
North Pacific Fisheries Commis
sion to extend protection to king
crab. The commission’s annual
meeting will be held in Seattle
in November.
The newspaper said the sudden
halt to the taking of crab in the
Bering Sea could be a maneuver
in the issue that will face the
commission.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Pacific Coast League
Vancouver 1-3, Sacramento 0-4.
San Diego 2, Portland 0.
Phoenix 5, Spokane 3.
Salt Lake 5, Seattle 1.
American League
Boston 4, Kansas City 1.
Kansas City 8, Boston 6.
Baltimore 3, Chicago 2.
Detroit 4, New York 3.
Cleveland 8, Washington 2.
National League
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1.
Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 3.
Cincinnati 4, Los Angeles 1.
Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 1.