VIOLATION OR NONENFORCEMENT OF GOVERNMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN THE LABOR UNION FIELD 87415 HEARINGS BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 188, 84TH CONGRESS JANUARY 16, 17, 18, AND 19, 1957 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations NFORD UNIVERSITY APR 25 1957 DOCUMENT DIVISION UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1957 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington JOSEPH R. McCARTHY, Wisconsin CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska CHAPMAN REVERCOMB, West Virginia WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin ROBERT F. KENNEDY, Chief Counsel II 2 Ex. Settlement agreement executed by Western Conference of 3 Ex. Memorandum reporting information on Western Confer- 4 Ex. Telegram from Denver office to NLRB General Counsel.. 5A Ex., 5B Ex., 5C Ex., and 5D Ex. Forms required to be filed by PUBLIC SESSION EXHIBITS-Continued 7. Bank checks from Local 227 made payable to Fred and Frank 8. Specimen signatures of Fred Virgilio. 9. Financial statement of Local 227, United Automobile Workers 12. Bank checks drawn on Local 227 funds made payable to V. 14. Bank check No. 2246 payable to V. Trania for $385.50 - 15. Bank check dated August 5, 1955, made out to Milton Linden 19. Bank checks made out to Alfred Petrozza_. 19A. (Special exhibit.) Check No. 726, Local 227, January 4, 20. Checks made out to Mr. Vincent Trani, totaling $1,649.85_ - 21. Reports of labor organizations filed with the Department of 26. Labor organization registration forms of Teamsters, Chauf- feurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Local Union No. 174, 27. Financial statements of Local 174, filed with the Department VIOLATION OR NONENFORCEMENT OF GOVERNMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN THE LABOR UNION FIELD (On January 16, 1957, Boyd Leedom, Kenneth C. McGuiness, Harry H. Kuskin, Howard W. Kleeb, Hon. James Paul Mitchell, Stuart Rothman, Justin F. Winkle, John P. Barnes, Frank Brewster, Nugent LaPoma, and Arthur Santa Maria testified in executive session during hearings held by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations on Violation of Nonenforcement of Government Laws and Regulations in the Labor Union Field. This testimony was made public on January 17, 1957, by members of the subcommittee and follows below :) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1957 UNITED STATES SENATE, SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to Senate Resolution 188, agreed to February 16, 1956, in room 357 of the Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator John L. McClellan, Democrat, Arkansas; Senator Henry M. Jackson, Democrat, Washington; Senator Stuart Symington, Democrat, Missouri; Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat, North Carolina; Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Republican, Wisconsin; Senator Karl E. Mundt, Republican, South Dakota; Senator Chapman Revercomb, Republican, West Virginia. Also present: Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel to the subcommittee; James N. Juliana, chief counsel to the minority; Jerome S. Adlerman, assistant counsel; Ruth Y. Watt, chief clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The subcommittee will be in order. (Present at the convening of the executive session were Senators McClellan, Jackson, McCarthy, and Mundt.) The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will make this preliminary statement for the record. As members of the subcommittee know, and as is public knowledge, during the past 2 years, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has been studying and inquiring into the procedures and practices in the procurement of textiles and uniforms by the military services. In the course of its investigation, facts were developed showing collusion between certain dishonest management and union officials that had the effect of increasing the cost to the Government of goods and commodities it purchased and the supplying of inferior quality. In the passage of the Taft-Hartley law in 1947, the Congress undertook to protect union members, the general public, and the Gov 1 |