Word: kickback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trial with him was Helen Campbell, a grandmotherly spinster who, as Thomas' chief secretary, had carried out the salary kickback scheme on orders from the boss. Helen Campbell, in a fit of conscience and disgust, turned on Thomas and told what she knew. Columnist Drew Pearson printed the full story, leading the Congressman to his downfall. For her "free, frank and full" confession, Judge Alexander Holtzoff let Miss Campbell go free...
...revealed during the trial that Lyons had done nothing inconsistent with the mores of Massachusetts politicians. The defense maintained that the architects gift to Lyons cost the taxpayers nothing since the contract on which Lyons and taken a kickback had gone to the lowest bidder as it should, and the building project was not frivolous...
...fine otherwise. According to the best estimates, they stole and still steal $50 million a year in cargoes, mostly in broad daylight (shipping men politely called it pilferage). They pad stevedoring payrolls. They shake down truckers and they turn loose their bookies, loaded-dice men, six-forfive boys, and kickback collectors on the dock-wallopers for nobody knows how many more millions. Proud to Know Ya. The cops, some how, have never bothered them too much. The "hoods" get along fine with Joe Ryan, the loudmouthed lifetime boss (at$20,000 a year) of the A.F.L. International Longshoremen...
...Lamarre got an actual raise to $51.51 a week). There had to be another stooge. In came Mrs. Lamarre's brother, Thomas Readnower, who was listed on the books as a vice president at $18,600 a year, but got an actual salary of $25 a week. The kickback to the general of the difference between the real and fictitious salaries also got to be a problem. At first it was handled in cashier's checks, but they were too easily traced. Then it was paid in $1,000 bills-but soon the Treasury began eying...
...When his wife was arrested for speeding in Pennsylvania recently, Amateur Lawyer Hamilton argued that the fine was illegal because the Justice of the Peace admitted he was getting a kickback in fees. "Who says it's illegal?" demanded the magistrate. "The U.S. Supreme Court? I knew it was one of those courts that has no jurisdiction up here in Pennsylvania. That...