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...John McClellan's labor-rackets investigators, Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa last summer bought a bright stunt thought up by his lawyers*: Why not set up an investigating commission of his own? Promptly named as chairman of the Teamsters' three-member Anti-Racketeering Commission: Ohio Insuranceman George H. Bender, sometime Republican Congressman (1939-48; 1951-54) and U.S. Senator (1955-57), memorable to televiewers as the boar-shaped man at the 1952 Republican Convention who made himself conspicuous by ringing a cowbell at every mention of Senator Robert A. Taft's name...
Verbal Report. Bender proved equally diligent at wielding a whitewash brush. Breaking an understanding with the other two commission members-a Detroit judge and a Washington lawyer-Bender went ahead on his own, using an investigative method roughly comparable to trying to solve a murder case by going to an open window and yelling, "Is anybody out there guilty?" To Teamster officials around the country-Hoffa's own men-Bender sent a form letter asking for information about racketeering, if any. Back came brief, negative replies. That was that. Without even bothering to draft a written report, Bender informed...
...weeks ago, facts about the techniques and rewards of Bender's investigation started leaking out. For his efforts, Bender collected $250 a day from Hoffa & Co.-a total of $19,250 from August to December-plus an additional $9,000 for expenses, including rent on Bender's regular Washington office. "I have never worked harder in my life," protested Bender, but it seemed that the only hard work involved was typing copies of letters, and a secretary did that...
...change will probably not affect future National Merit scholars here. "There have not been too many awards above the $1500 level in the past, and Harvard has had very few of them," said Wilbur J. Bender, Dean of Admissions and Scholarships...
According to Bender, the Corporation has limited its grants because of budgetary restrictions on the amount of funds which can be handed out in a given year. Small scholarships awarded next fall are likely to increase in size over the years as colleges raise tuition...