Word: teamsters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Donald McDonald, Teamster bookkeeper, who admitted he had not known that Beck had borrowed huge sums from the union until mysterious repayments arrived in walloping big lumps-including $100,000 within the previous two weeks. Asked Goldwater: "Is he making much progress in paying [his loans] back?" Said McDonald: "Three hundred and seventy thousand dollars worth. That is quite a bit of progress...
...Fruehauf, wealthy truck-trailer manufacturer, who was offered a $1,500,0001oan from Teamster funds by Beck when a proxy battle threatened his company. Fruehauf showed appreciation by arranging a complicated $200,000 personal loan for Beck when the Teamster boss was being investigated by Internal Revenue agents. But Fruehauf drew the line at making a company loan because "I didn't think it was good business...
George Newell, Seattle insurance broker, who twice consulted able Committee Accountant Carmine Bellino. Said Newell sheepishly: "You have more of my figures than I have." One figure Newell remembered: in four years he made profits of some $1,000,000, and 90% of it came from commissions on Teamster insurance. Massachusetts' Senator John Kennedy heatedly pointed out that Newell's commissions were 20 times higher than recommended fees. Newell retorted that he gave exceptional service, but couldn't think of a convincing example...
Norman Gessert, until recently a Teamster employee, who was picked up in Ellensburg, Wash, by a U.S. marshal after he had dodged the committee's subpoena servers for two months. Gessert, a cousin of Beck's wife Dorothy, took the Fifth Amendment 71 times in 21 minutes, refused to answer even when McClellan asked if he knew his counsel. Said McClellan: "I just wanted to see how ridiculous and how frivolous these things can get when people find themselves in a situation such...
Beck himself was bothered by a sunburned nose when he made his appearance before the committee. He itched, twitched, rubbed and rambled on garrulously about the propriety of secondary boycotts and Teamster growth during his administration. But there was no rambling when .Chairman McClellan sighted across the committee table and asked: "Are you in favor of union officers being honest in the administration of union funds...