Word: kickback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...article discussing the fraud conviction of Congressman Charles C. Diggs (D., Mich.), which involved a staff salary kickback scheme [Dec. 4], Mayor Coleman Young of Detroit was quoted as saying, "I don't believe he [Diggs] did any thing dishonest, or anything that is not a common practice throughout the Congress." I must take issue with him on this...
...hand-picked successor. But Fitzsimmons had come to enjoy the power and perks and had no intention of stepping down. The mobsters, who had been flourishing during Fitzsimmons' genially relaxed reign-joining various regional Teamster bosses in lucrative loan sharking, pension-fund frauds, sweetheart contracts, management-union kickback deals and other rackets-did not want Hoffa back either. They feared that he would centralize power again and deal out a few racketeers who had rubbed him the wrong...
Also in trouble: former Democratic Representative Otto Passman of Louisiana, indicted for accepting $213,000 from Park, and Democratic Representative Daniel Flood of Pennsylvania, under investigation for suspected kickback schemes. In all, 13 Congressmen and one Senator have been indicted since 1970 for illegal acts committed while in office...
...Faces kickback charges...
...seemingly minor incident raises some questions about the man who, if confirmed, would become the most powerful man in the Federal financial structure. Immediately striking is the somewhat shadowy connection between Textron and the repressive Iranian dictatorship. And Miller's contention that he did not know of the kickback-smacking connection seems strange and slightly incredible. If Miller did not know, and there is no concrete evidence against him, it is reasonable to expect that he should have, or else his managerial skills come into question...