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I o o 5&&-&astot (OREGON) MAIL THIBUWE Teamster evidence The ijz Mfc eoar.mittae pro 0cl iOMc iaj that 'West got Uws fe rrank . Be. at or eee;jroi ent S" vmnjk fun a his jock ey rl Inr). 4ri.-r. f rVHte, jgrtnftt -i the 11 sUeg Vevfe-m Conference rrf the g:nt avw. Mas' couldn't re call f J, fad t:-it. He conced ed 44 i jiiXare presented by tie Mve.it. "un't food." He prnruL v jirt auditor to f ir tA nt he ow tike un ic f lb rcpny it. The t-iittes. which said it is pavik) toe vay (or question inj; of Tearrs President Dave Beck, 4uiz4 Brewster about money spot on Needmore Stables, his string of race horses He testified that he hired his ptwnal horre trainer, Mel Eis- en, as a $150 a week union or ganizer in the Los Angeles area Under questioning Brewster also said the union had spent S2.670 in 1954 and 1955 for box es at various California race tracks. He said the union had purchased boxes both years at Golden Gate Fields, Golden Gate Turf club, Del Mar Turf club, California Jockey club. Tanfor an and the Los Angeles Turf club. Doesn't Remember Brewster testified that he did not recall why he used union money to pay jockey Richard Cavallero's bill at a motel near a couple of California tracks and to stake trainer Eisen to $353 on the same occasion. Nor could he explain a num ber of union financed plane trips for Cavallero and a "B. Eisen," apparently the trainer's son. The committee confronted Brewster with a series of docu ments relating to a $750 check cashed at El Rancho Motel Sept. 29, 1954. There was a photocopy of the check itself, registrations, and an affidavit from an Earl O Wilms, resident manager o the motel. Balaaeja To Kiien - js affidavit stated that gruej.ewr. Cavallero, and Mr. Hmi Mrs. !Vel Eisen were guests M. lanrr Metel in Millbrae, CniA. m early October, 1954. Wife stated teat Brewster cash 4ji Te ekp c4t which paid Cav- n TUr JKl FOOD the: funI whole: family lol. Snider' lADILin ICE CREAM tercere flavor that can only come from pure vanilla WenJerful combined with fruit, pie, cake, and other Vtt . . . tost it with your favorite topping . . . eat it plain . . . Siwe fer breakfast covered with dry cereal ... Made Qejly " ooJ, wholesome dairy ingredients. SNIDER'S AWARD WINNING ICE CREAM Union Funds Spent on jockey, by Rackets allero's S397 hotel tab and that $353 balance was given to Eis en. Wilms said the check, to the best of his recollection, was drawn on the teamsters. The Man Accused of Bribing Schrunk Booked Into Jail Portland (U.P.) Clifford O. Bennett, 34, accused in testimony before the Senate Rackets Com mittee of saying he had bribed Terry Schrunk when the mayor of Portland wai sheriff, was booked into jail here yesterday. Bennett was freed on bail on a Crook county charge accusing him of setting up a house of pros titution in Prineville last year. He was immediately sum moned to appear before the vice probing Multnomah county grand jury and spent about 90 minutes testifying yesterday. Schrunk Denies Charge James B. Elkins, star witness at the Senate hearings, has testi fied in Washington, D. C. that he was told that Bennett, alleged pperator of the 8212 club here, had made the payment to Schrunk to stop a raid on the place. Schrunk denied the charge and called it "fantastic." Bennett, when called before the Senate committee, refused to say anything about the incident and was charged with contempt of Congress by the special com mittee. Bennett denied to newsmen yesterday that he ever bribed Schrunk. Elkins also testified before the grand jury yesterday. Detective Suspended Meanwhile, Sheriff Francis Lambert who succeeded Schrunk when the latter became mayor, said he had suspended Detective George Minielly for five days for invasion of the policy-making areas of the sheriff. Minielly has been quotd by local news media in connection with the Senate probe. Minielly said he believed he had done nothing wrong. food TuMdiy. March 19. I9ST Commitee photocopy of the check, dated Sept. 29, 1954, bore the signa tures of Brewster and the late John J. Sweeney, then secretary treasurer of the Western Con ference of Teamsters. Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy commented that the funds were charged off in the conference books to "officers and delegates, expenses and allow ances." Brewster Wants To Pay Pressed to explain, Brewster replied that he could not "until I go into it thoroughly." "Was that union business?" asked Chairman John L. McClel lan (D-Ark.), referring to the motel-cashed check. "I can't recall," Brewster re plied. Kennedy then asked if El Ran cho was four miles from the Bay Meadows race track and just two miles from the Tanforan track. "I never measured, but I'll take your word for it," said Brewster, who runs his own rac ing stable. Brewster conceded that the picture of his use of union funds "Isn't good. I would say that." Menace of Fire Ants Cause Southerners To Appeal To Congress By UNITED PRESS Southern states appealed to day for congressional action to turn back an invasion of the fire ant which is destroying crops, small livestock and poultry and even attacking humans over a widening area. While congressmen and Agri culture Department officials laid the case before a House Agri culture subcommittee in Wash ington, appeals for help sounded from local authorities in a hard hit Gulf coastal area. Since the fire ant first ap peared 24 years ago at Mobile, Ala., where it is believed to have arrived on a South Ameri can ship, it has spread north ward into about 10 states. Three Airmen Bitten The "invader" has spread as far west as Harris county, Tex., and up the Atlantic Seaboard to Wake county, N.C., littering till ed lands and pastures with its "unsightly mounds," other wit nesses said. Rep. Armistead Selden (D Ala.) said the ants have dug 350,000 mounds at Maxfield Air Five-Stale Area 01 Midwest Feels Sting of Winter By UNITED PRESS Winter fired a snow-laden part ing shot at the midwest Tues day, blanketing a five-state area with as much as 16 inches of snow. Although spring is only a day away, residents of Sioux Falls, S. D., dug out from under a 16 inch snowfall. A foot of snow piled up at Richland Center, Wis., Monday night and more than one-half foot buried sec tions of Nebraska, Northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Deaths, Blamed on Weather At least 13 deaths were blamed on the rain and snow storm which swept from Texas to the Great Lakes. Five persons were killed in Texas, three in traffic and two by drowning, and five persons died near Carmel, Ind., when a sports car skidded on a rain slicked highway into an other car. Three traffic fatalities blamed on the storm occurred in Nebraska. The storm was welcome to farmers in drought stricken sec tions of South Dakota, Nebras ka and Iowa, however, bringing needed moisture for spring crops. A gentle rain soaked southern Iowa Monday, but turned to snow in the north. About 100 schools in a nine county area of northwestern Iowa were closed and highway workers said snow drifted back onto the roads be hind snow plows. Highway crews in southern Minnesota had difficulty making headway through the wet, packed snow but most roads were reported open. Capital Airlines cancelled its flights in Milwaukee for a time Monday, and the city was put on ''snow alert." The snowfall also postponed the start of Marquette University's spring football prac tice. Weatherman said snow flurries will continue Tuesday in the Great Lakes region. Minot. S. D. (U.R) Clayton Willis of Minot was in jail today because he went shopping with a baggy pair of pants. Police said his trousers contained a can of ham, a jar of olives, three sausages, a carton of cigarettes, a jar of jam, two cans of cold meat, a slice of bologna, a pack age of gum and a large wedge of cheese. i Shows But he said he will hire an au ditor April 1 to determine what he owes to the union so he can repay it. "I will absolutely prove to you within 60 days that this picture will change considerab ly .. . before this is over, I'll prove I don't owe a dime," he said. Borrowed from Union Brewster also said he had borrowed money from the union but was paying 3 to ZVz per cent interest. McClellan remarked that Beck has borrowed $300, 000 from the union without pay ing interest, and asked: "Don't you feel rather discriminated against?" "Please don't get into Mr. Beck now," Brewster said earn estly. "I've got enough trouble myself." Brewster said the union paid his personal bills when he stay ed at El Rancho, but he insisted he was there on union business. Kennedy said this seemed to oc cur when the tracks were open. Brewster said he found lots of people at the race track who would "come to me with some problem." Force Base near Montgomery, Ala., where they also have at tacked three airmen, who had to be hospitalized for bites. Dr. David L. Ray, North Caro lina Agriculture Department en tomologist, said the danger to farm workers exposed to pos sible bites which cause festering blisters is an important part of the fire ant menace. Claims Deaths Resulted Rep. Bob Sikes (D-Fla.) said the ants, spotted thus far over an estimated 22 million acres, have "caused deaths" of human beings. Cost of eradication is general ly estimated at $5 per acre but one control program, Jay, in northwest Florida, ran $10 an acre, it was reported. "If allowed to continue their migration the ultimate cost for eradication would be prohibi tive," Sikes said. The House subcommittee is considering legislation to broad en the Agriculture Department's over-all authority to control and eradicate plant pests so the fed eral government can wage all out war on the fire ant. Sen. Lister Hill has announc ed plans to sponsor similar Sen ate legislation, saying "it is un thinkable that farmers can do the job alone." Beck Tells Amount 01 Tax Paymenls Seattle U.R) Teamsters Pvesident Dave Beck said Mon day night he has paid S308.000 in income taxes since 1949, most of it on real estate earnings "en tirely unrelated to the labor movement." While not disclosing specific sources of his income. Beck told newsmen the "majority" of it was from real estate transac tions. The teamsters boss released the amounts of his tax payments for the years 1949 through 1956 a short while after President Eisenhower had given the Senate Rackets Committe authority to examine income and other tax returns of Beck and others whom the committee is investigating. Beck said his income tax re turns were under investigation by the Internal Revenue Depart ment for the fourth time in the last 15 years. "Each time," he said, "they have found nothing wrong." ' Borrow The AMERICAN WAY! Loans On AUTO SALARY FURNITURE $ 25 to 1,500 For Taxes, Medical Expenses, or Any Worthwhile Purpose PAYMENTS TO FIT YOUR BUDGET! American Finance Corp. Phone 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford The catcher crouches the batter digs in . . . windup . . . and another big league baseball season is opened in . . . 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