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...Living Hell." Heid was only one of several committee witnesses whose evident terror proved the Teamsters' power to punish and intimidate. Another Minneapolis ex-Teamster, Arthur Morgan, 43, wept as he told that threats and harassment made his life "a living hell" since he testified against Teamster brass before the McClellan committee a year ago. "Every night practically." testified Morgan, "the telephone would ring all night long, and my wife would get calls that asked if the children were home from school, and she would say that they are, and they would tell her, 'Maybe you are lucky...
Fear of hard-boiled Hoffa was evident in the behavior of witnesses called to testify about a $17,500 payoff that Detroit laundry operators handed over in 1949 to avert a threatened strike of Teamster truck drivers. Committee investigators had scraped up some persuasive evidence that at least $10,000 of the payoff had found its way to Jimmy Hoffa. Under questioning, Hoffa conceded that he got $10,000 in "loans" from the bagmen who collected from the laundrymen. but beyond that, his memory failed him. He could not recall any details about repaying the loans, nor could he produce...
...construction firm owned by Hoffa front men used $235,000 in Teamster welfare funds as working capital...
...income tax returns under such vague categories as '"collections." Testified he: "My business associate in Detroit has some horses and he places some bets, and we are fortunate to win some money." Asked whether he had any records of the racehorse winnings, Hoffa said that his betting partner, Teamster Vice President Owen B. Brennan, kept the records. Called to the witness chair, Brennan avoided Hoffa's testimony, refusing to testify for fear of selfincrimination. Growled Chairman McClellan: "Is the taking of the Fifth Amendment one of the prerequisite qualifications for advancement [in the Teamsters]?" On his lawyer...
...heavyweight prizefighter managed by Hoffa's pal Owen Brennan drew $75 a week for two years as a Teamster welfare-fund claims investigator but did no investigating at all, instead he did odd jobs on Brennan's horse farm. The prizefighter's straightforward testimony about his Teamster days (now ended) flatly contradicted what Hoffa told the committee a year ago, and Chairman McClellan said he would ask the Justice Department to investigate the conflict...