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Mr. KENNEDY. Now, did anything happen to you after you went back to work?

Mr. KEELING. Well, my tools were stolen all through the time that I continued to work in Nashville.

Mr. KENNEDY. Your tools were stolen?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did that happen very often?

Mr. KEELING. Well, I don't think there was a week passed that I didn't have anywhere from $6 to $25 worth of tools stolen.

Mr. KENNEDY. So about every week, you had from $6 to $25 worth of tools stolen?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did that happen to the other employees?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Was there any other kind of harassment?
Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. What about in your automobile?

Mr. KEELING. Oh, yes; the automobile. About every day I would have 1 flat and sometimes 4 every day.

Mr. KENNEDY. Every day you would have at least one tire punctured?

Mr. KEELING. From 1 to 4; yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Every day that you came out from work, you would find at least one of your tires flat?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; in the sidewall of the tire, and not in the tread.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did you try to get new inner tubes, for your inner tubes would be worn out if they were punctured every day?

Mr. KEELING. I got inner tubes in my old car now that look like a leopard.

Mr. KENNEDY. How many patches do you think you have on some of your inner tubes?

Mr. KEELING. I would say some of them have 60 patches on them. Mr. KENNEDY. And your locker was broken into, was it?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; at least 3 or 4 times.

Mr. KENNEDY. Your locker was broken into?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Was anything taken from your locker?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; my clothing and my work clothes and several uniforms were taken, and 3 or 4 pair of workshoes.

Mr. KENNEDY. What about the lock on your toolbox; was that broken?

Mr. KEELING. 3 or 4 times; yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. How much would that cost you?

Mr. KEELING. About $2.50 a lock.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did anything else happen to your automobile?

Mr. KEELING. Yes sir. I had a new paint job on it, and, about 2 or 3 weeks after it was painted and before it got dry, someone put paint remover, on it and ruined the paint job.

Mr. KENNEDY. Paint remover?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. And was your automobile ever siruped?
Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Sirup was put in your automobile, and paint remover was thrown on the car?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. And your tires were punctured?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did you ever have all of your tools stolen?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; the entire box was stolen at one time.

Mr. KENNEDY. When did that happen?

Mr. KEELING. That I think was in July of 1955, June and July of 1955.

Mr. KENNEDY. How much were those tools worth to you?

Mr. KEELING. Well, at one time, I bought, I think, it was about $370 worth, at one time.

The CHAIRMAN. You have to furnish your own tools; is that the practice?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. The mechanic furnishes his own tools?

Mr. KEELING. That is the practice.

The CHAIRMAN. This was a personal loss to you?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did the company help compensate you for the loss? Mr. KEELING. On the entire loss, they did.

Mr. KENNEDY. On what?

Mr. KEELING. On the entire loss they did, when they got the whole box full; yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. When they got the whole box, the company helped you out on that, but these other stealings, or takings, you had to bear that alone?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; I replaced those myself.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did you tie all of this harassment and your clothes being stolen and your locks being busted, and your tools being stolen. and what happened to your automobile did you tie that into the difficulty that you had with the union about your going out on strike and then coming back to work?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. You thought it was directly tied to that?

Mr. KEELING. Absolutely.

Mr. KENNEDY. Do you know anybody, or could you tell anybody who was responsible for any of these acts?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir; I couldn't say; no, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. That strike was settled, and the employees or the pickets came back to work, did they?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did you ever go out on strike again?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; one more time, while I was there.

Mr. KENNEDY. When was that?

Mr. KEELING. I think that was in the spring of 1955; I am sure it was the spring of 1955.

Mr. KENNEDY. What position did you take on that?

Mr. KEELING. Well, I didn't work while they were on strike.

Mr. KENNEDY. You did not work?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. For what reason?

Mr. KEELING. Well, my employer said he didn't think it would be safe for me to work while the strike was going on.

Mr. KENNEDY. So you just went home?
Mr.KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. And you stayed at home?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Then they opened up a new plant in Chattanooga;

is that right?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. And transferred you to Chattanooga because they thought it would be safer for you there?

Mr. KEELING. That is right.

Mr. KENNEDY. How long did this harassment keep up on you, Mr. Keeling?

Mr. KEELING. Well, it was more than a year.

Mr. KENNEDY. More than a year?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. When all of these things were taking place?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Did you ever contemplate making peace with the union so that these things would stop?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Mr. KENNEDY. Why not?

Mr. KEELING. Well, I was approached one time by an employee of the union and I don't recall what his name was. He wanted to know why I didn't get right.

Mr. KENNEDY. Why you didn't what?

Mr. KEELING. Why I didn't get right and come back in the union, and I told him when he cleaned up, I would be glad to.

Mr. KENNEDY. But you were not going back in despite all of these things?

Mr. KEELING. That is right.

Mr. KENNEDY. You were not going to go back in until they cleaned up the local union?

Mr. KEELING. That is right.

Mr. KENNEDY. Have you had any difficulty since you have been in Chattanooga?

Mr. KEELING. Not a bit.

The CHAIRMAN. While you were on the picket line, and while you were joining in the strike, did any violence occur other than the siruping of the trucks?

Mr. KEELING. Not at the plant, sir; no, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. Not at the plant?

Mr. KEELING. NO.

The CHAIRMAN. That was the only violence that occurred?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. Did you take part in it?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. Were you asked to take part in it?

Mr. KEELING. No.

The CHAIRMAN. Who did you protest to, and you said you objected to that sort of thing?

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Mr. KEELING. It was just the men I was working with.

The CHAIRMAN. You talked to them about it?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. You don't know who in the union, if it was being done by the union, was giving the orders?

Mr. KEELING. I wouldn't know.

The CHAIRMAN. You would not know that?

Mr. KEELING. No; I wouldn't know that.

The CHAIRMAN. Áre there any further questions?

Senator MCNAMARA. I would like to ask a couple of questions. Did you report these thefts and siruping of your car to the police?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir; I did not.

Senator MCNAMARA. Why not?

Mr. KEELING. Well, I did not think it would be any use.

Senator MCNAMARA. What do you mean by that? You mean they were cooperating with the strikers?

Mr. KEELING. I would not say they were cooperating, no sir, but you could not get anything; there would not have been anything done about it.

Senator MCNAMARA. There would not?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. How do you know this? Did other people try, and nothing happened?

Mr. KEELING. I don't know of anyone that did.

Senator MCNAMARA. You just felt in your own mind, without any justification, there was no use to report it to the police?

Mr. KEELING. I just felt there would be no use.

Senator MCNAMARA. When you went back to work on this first strike, were there several employees or many of your employees back! Mr. KEELING. Pardon me?

Senator MCNAMARA. There were other people working when you went back to work, while the strike was still on. There were other people working for the company then, too; were there not? Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; but they were not union members.

Senator MCNAMARA. They were not union members?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. You were the only one who had been a union member and then went back?

Mr. KEELING. One other man did come back.

Senator MCNAMARA. Were his tools stolen, too, the other man?

Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir; he stayed only about a month, or something like that, and he quit.

Senator MCNAMARA. So they picked on you because you had been on strike and then went back, and that is your explanation of why you were singled out for this kind of treatment?

Mr. KEELING. That is right, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. What happened when they put sirup in your car? What actually did you have to do to correct it?

Mr. KEELING. The car had to be overhauled.

Senator MCNAMARA. What do you mean by "overhauled"?

Mr. KEELING. Well, it had to have new pistons and new rings.
Senator MCNAMARA. It ruins the pistons?

Mr. KEELING The motor had to be completely torn down, and overhauled, about $165.

Senator MCNAMARA. How old was the car?

Mr. KEELING. Well, it was about 4 years old.

Senator MCNAMARA. Did you have to have a new fuel pump?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. The sirup does not get in there?

Mr. KEELING. The sirup was put in the crankcase.
Senator MCNAMARA. Not in the gasoline tank?

Mr. KEELING. No, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. I see. Is it customary to put it in the crankcase, and not in the fuel tank?

Mr. KEELING. I don't know, sir; that is where it was put in mine. Senator MCNAMARA. It was put in your crankcase, but you knew about siruping of cars, and that is why you went back to work Mr. KEELING. Yes, sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. Do you know whether they put sirup in the crankcase, or in the gasoline tank, on these other cars that caused you to go back to work?

Mr. KEELING. In the crankcase.

Senator MCNAMARA. That was the general practice, as far as you knew?

Mr. KEELING. Yes. sir.

Senator MCNAMARA. That is very interesting.

That is all, Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much. You may stand aside.

Call the next witness.

Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Keith Draper is the next witness.

The CHAIRMAN. Do you solemnly swear that the evidence you give before this Senate select committee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. DRAPER. I do.

TESTIMONY OF KEITH DRAPER

The CHAIRMAN. State your name and your place of residence and your business or occupation.

Mr. DRAPER. My name is Keith Draper, I live at 111 10th Street, Madison, Tenn., and I work for American Bakery Co. as a salesman.... The CHAIRMAN. In what capacity?

Mr. DRAPER. Salesman.

The CHAIRMAN. You waive the right of counsel ?

Mr. DRAPER. I do.

Mr. KENNEDY. In the early part of this year, Mr. Draper, were the Teamsters Union Local 327 in Nashville attempting to organize the American Bakery Co. ?

Mr. DRAPER. That is right.

Mr. KENNEDY. Were you for or against the organizational drive? Mr. DRAPER. I was against it.

Mr. KENNEDY. You were against it?

Mr. DRAPER. That is right.

Mr. KENNEDY. And were you an outspoken critic of the union? Mr. DRAPER. In other words, you mean I came out in front of everybody? That is right, I did.