Senator ERVIN. If 40 strangers had gone into the Tulsa meeting, though, that would have excited the suspicion of the folks in the Tulsa local, would it not? Mr. GILES. Yes. Senator ERVIN. They would have seen the thing was being rigged on them in that way? Mr. GILES. That is right. Senator ERVIN. And there was not any opposition to Earl at Baton Rouge, no one to raise an objection? Mr. GILES. That is right. The CHAIRMAN. I hand you here a book, a little book comparable to a bank deposit book. It says on the outside "1953-56," and inside it has "Edgar Giles." Are you the Edgar Giles referred to in this? Mr. GILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Identify the book I hand you, please. (The document was handed to the witness.) Mr. GILES. That is a union book. The CHAIRMAN. Is that your union book? Mr. GILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. It is a union book from what union? Mr. GILES. Local 706. The CHAIRMAN. That is your local where you were a member? The CHAIRMAN. Is there anything in that book to show that you went down to Baton Rouge, or somewhere, and voted in local 798? Mr. GILES. Well, I have one stamp in there. The CHAIRMAN. How did you get it in there? It is one stamp for what? Mr. GILES. I give Mr. Griffin, Ermon and them, money, and they had the stamp put in there. The CHAIRMAN. What does it say? That is, the stamp you are talking about? Mr. GILES. 798, it looks to me like. That says November, I believe, and it has a "J. R. C., $5." The CHAIRMAN. Who is J. R. C.? Mr. GILES. I don't know, sir. No, there are two stamps in there. We have two of them in there. The CHAIRMAN. What do they represent? Dues for a month? Mr. GILES. That must be that. The CHAIRMAN. Each one was for a month so you paid dues for 2 months in what local? Mr. GILES. 798. The CHAIRMAN. Why did you do that? Mr. GILES. To vote. The CHAIRMAN. So you could vote? Mr. GILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Have you a stamp in there showing you voted? The CHAIRMAN. What date does it show you voted in local 798? Mr. GILES. Well, no, sir; I don't have one in here showing the date that we went down there. The CHAIRMAN. What does this show? The CHAIRMAN. There is a stamp showing you voted 798 in December 1955; is that correct? Mr. GILES. I thought it was in December; that is right. The CHAIRMAN. You have a stamp there showing you voted in that union? Mr. GILES. That is right. The CHAIRMAN. Were you ever actually a member of that local? Mr. GILES. No. The CHAIRMAN. All of this was done so that you could rig an election; is that correct? Mr. GILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. And it was done under the direction of the Griffins? Mr. GILES. That is right. The CHAIRMAN. I will make the book to which we have referred exhibit No. 21. (The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 21," for reference and may be found in the files of the subcommittee.) Senator ERVIN. Did Mr. Yocom or either of the Griffins ever tell you why they did not want you to give receipts to any of the workers that were not members of 706? Mr. GILES. No, sir; they never did come right out and tell me the reason they did not want to; no, sir. Senator ERVIN. What did you figure to be the reason? Mr. GILES. I figured it was against the constitution and they figured the men would Senator ERVIN. Have the evidence on them? Mr. GILES. Have the evidence on them. The fact of the business is there was some man out there, and I don't remember who he was, and I heard some of them got on to them, he wrote to the UA about that. The CHAIRMAN. You may be excused at this time. The committee will stand in recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The other witnesses will have to be back at 10 o'clock. We will have to go to the floor now to vote. (Whereupon, at 4:36 p.m. the committee was recessed, to reconvene at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 1960.) LOCAL 706, PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS UNION, EL DORADO, ARK. (On August 17, 1960, the following witnesses testified in executive session during hearings held by the Subcommittee on Investigations. This testimony was made public on September 23, 1960, by members of the subcommittee and follows below.) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1960 U.S. SENATE, PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The Permanent Subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m., pursuant to section 5, Senate Resolution 255, agreed to April 11, 1960, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, in room 3302, Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator John L. McClellan, Democrat, Arkansas; Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat, North Carolina. Also present: Jerome S. Adlerman, general counsel; James F. Mundie, investigator; LaVern J. Duffy, investigator; Ruth Y. Watt, chief clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order. (Members of the subcommittee present at time of convening: Senators McClellan and Ervin.) The CHAIRMAN. Be sworn, Mr. Longing, please. You do solemnly swear the evidence you shall give before this Senate Investigating Subcommittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. LONGING. I do. TESTIMONY OF J. TRUETT LONGING The CHAIRMAN. State your name, your place of residence, and your business or occupation. Mr. LONGING. Truett Longing, and I reside at 611 West 10th, Crossett, Ark. I am employed by the Crossett Paper Mill as a welder. The CHAIRMAN. What is your trade? Welder? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Have you ever been a member of the Steamfitters & Plumbers Union, Local No. 706, of El Dorado, Ark.? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How long have you been a member of that union? Mr. LONGING. I got my card in 1946. The CHAIRMAN. And continued as a member how long? 113 Mr. LONGING. I got a withdrawal card, I believe it was, in 1958. The CHAIRMAN. You were a member for 2 years? Mr. LONGING. No, sir; longer than that; 1946. The CHAIRMAN. You were a member about 12 years? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. During that time, did you work on the Pine Bluff Arsenal? Mr. LONGING. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You were not one of those who worked on the Pine Bluff Arsenal job? Mr. LONGING. No, sir. The CHAIRMAN. All right, Mr. Adlerman. Mr. ADLERMAN. Mr. Longing, in 1955 you were working at a mill in Crossett, Ark.? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. Were you approached by any person from the local 706? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. Who was that? Mr. LONGING. George Wolfe. Mr. ADLERMAN. What request did he make of you? Mr. LONGING. He asked me or approached me one morning and asked me would I clear my book into the pipeline local in Tulsa. Mr. ADLERMAN. Local 798? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir; and he said that it would help us on down the line. Mr. ADLERMAN. Did he ask you to vote for Craddock? Mr. LONGING. No, sir; not at that time. Mr. ADLERMAN. Did he later on ask you to vote for Craddock? Mr. LONGING. No, sir, he didn't, but after I cleared my book in there, I didn't know what the purpose was at that time. As time went on, I found out that that was what we were supposed to do was to vote for Craddock. Mr. ADLERMAN. How did you clear your book? Mr. LONGING. Someone took it up, Mr. Adlerman, and I don't remember who. But that is all I had to do with it. Mr. ADLERMAN. You gave your book to somebody? Mr. LONGING. I turned my book in, and the clearing part of it was taken care of. Mr. ADLERMAN. Did you pay any dues or dues stamps for the clearance? Mr. LONGING. No, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. What happened after that! Mr. LONGING. Well, one morning we all got on a bus before daylight and proceeded to Baton Rouge. Mr. ADLERMAN. Was that in El Dorado? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir; we boarded the bus in El Dorado. Mr. ADLERMAN. And you went to Baton Rouge? Mr. LONGING. Yes, sir. Mr. ADLERMAN. What happened there? Mr. LONGING. We went to some hotel. I can't think of the name of it. It was a double name. Pack, I believe, was one of it. But there is where we did our voting, up on about the third or fourth floor, |