Brewster Says Charges Linking Him With Rackets 'Fantastic'
Washington UR West Coast gress citation for defying an- j He knowi no conspiracy or
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teamster boss Frank W. Brew- other Senate committee that
ster told the Senate Rackets checked into teamsters activities
committee today that charges on grounds it lacked jurisdiction.
linkir.f him with hoodlums are j Sayi 'Elkins Lying'
absolutely fantastic and com
plete? untrue."
rsr vas the climax wit
ness a the committee's sensa
tional ihres-week investigation
But he talked today, saying he
would not invoke the Fifth
Amendment against testimony j
that might be self-incriminating. I
f resenting a oeiauea oeniai 01
of artiitWs by racketeers and testimony against him and his
Tearrtrs Union officials in union, Brewster said it "consists
Tortland. j mainly of hearsay, rumor and in-1
He swore in a statement to sidious innuendo," derived most-
th committee: I ly from "gangsters and Ramblers i
"I have never conspired with : and various other underworld j
anyone at any time or place to i characters."
engage in any way or control in I Brewster charged that Port- j
any manner any racket in the land racketeer James B. Elkins, !
city of Portland or anywhere the committee's star witness, "is j
etee. Nor do I know of any of fi-j simply not telling the truth. He
cial or employee of the teamsters ; has either manufactured his fan
who has." tastic story himself, or someone
Brewster, a tail, aislinguisnea : else Has done it lor nim
r-oki"g man of 60, is chairman
of the powerful 11-state Western
Conference of Teamsters.
He faces a contempt of Con-
Schrunk Called by
MultnomahGrandJury
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He said he was never closely
associated particularly with
Seattle gamblers Joseph P. Mc
Laughlin and Thomas E. Malo
ney. He has been accused by
Elkins of sending the two men
to Portland to organize gambling
and vice following election of
District Attorney William M.
Langley with teamsters backing.
"Of tioc thrp mon TTlWinc
Portland 'U.Ri Slajor ..,,,,,,. iva..
Terry D. Schrunk, back less than , never spokpn to any one of thcm
a day from Senate hearings into about pomicai activity or racket
labor racketeering in Washing-1 cerj activities in Portland,"
ton, was called to appear before I Brewstcr sajd
the Multnomah county grand j D,nie, All Charges
Jury investigating vice yester- West Coast teamst-r boss
"ay ,, . , . ., , 'made "categorical statements
Also called before the jurors j undcr oath.. that;
yesterday was City Commission- He know. of no consDirac.v
er Stanley Earl, who also was!
a recent witness in the Wash
ington hearings.
The jury presented a written
questionnaire yesterday to Cir
cuit Judge Charles W. Redding
requesting advice. The nature
O of the questions was not re
vealed.
Judge Redding said he wished
more time to study the request
before acting on it.
Witnesses before the jury yes
terday included Mr Phyllis
Detrick. secretary to Teamster
Organizer Clyde Crosby: Mrs.
Lulu Miller, foreman of last
summer's marathon grand jury
vice probing body and Herb
Alden, a photographer for the
Oregon Journal.
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The thermometer at Azizia in
Libya registered 136.4 degrees
Sept. 13. 1922.
on the part of the teamsters or
any teamsters official to engage
in any racket in Portland or else
where "in collaboration with
any public official or anyone
else." Elkins had charged that
teamsters officials and the
Seattle gamblers conspired to
run Portland's rackets.
Molallla Boy Killed
When Struck by Car
Molalla (U.R) A five-year
old boy was killed instantly yes
terday when struck by a car in
front of his home here.
Police identified the child as
Gary Anderson, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Anderson.
Ray Moran, a Molalla lumber
man, was the driver of the car
which struck the child, police
said.
effort by the teamsters to con
trol law enforcement in Port
land, the state, or to control any
city or state official. Howard
Morgan, former Democratic state
chairman, said the union tried to
control law enforcement in the
state up to and including the
governor. i
He never authorized Elkins.
Maloney or McLaughlin, direct
ly or indirectly, to represent
himself or the teamsters.
Spring Planting
Of Tree Seedlings
Starts in District
Spring planting of forest tree '
seedlings is now underway in
the Applegate district of Rogue
River National Forest, and soon
will begin in other local ranger
districts, according to Supervisor ;
J. H. Wood.
Plans have been completed
to plant 430.000 trees on the
national forest during the spring
season.
Seedling species include Doug
las fir. ponderosa pine, sugar
pine, Jeffrey pine, and a few ;
knobcone pine which are to be
set out on an experimental basis
in the Applegate.
Logged Areas .
Tree planting is planned for
logged areas when natural re
forestation shows evidence of be
ing inadequate. In certain types
of timber, brush competition,
seed source or other factors pre
clude establishment of a second
forest crop from natural seed
fall. Wood said.
Seedlings being planted this
season were grown in forest serv
ice nurseries at Wind River,
Wash., Bend, and Mt. Shasta,
Calif.
In addition to the national for
est planting, 50,000 trees will
be planted by the forest service
on city of Medford watershed
lands above Butte Falls, Wood
said. The Medford Water com
mission has a cooperative forest
management plan with the for
est service, under which tree
planting and other phases of for
est operation are conducted.
place anyone on the Oregon Li
quor Control Commission. Mor
gan testified that he heard
through an intermediary that
Brewster and the late John J.
sters or any of their officials to Sweeney, secretary of the West-
-He never authorized anyone
to engage in any racket.
Liquor Commission
He knows of no conspiracy
or plan on the part of the team-
em Conference, were willing to
contribute $10,000 last year to
the successful campaign of
Democratic Gov. Robert Holmes
for this favor. Morgan said
Holmes spurned the idea.
Friday, March IS, 1957 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
West Germans Going Fishing With Radio
North Sea and Baltic fishing
fleets are being equipped with
submarine radio-sounding de-
Bonn, Germany (U.R) West
German fishermen are going
fishing by radio, the Bonn gov
ernment's official bulletin re
ported today.
vices enabling them to spot
schools of fish several miles
away, the bulletin said.
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