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O O : rOUBTtEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thuridy. March 21, 1957 Beck Passes Up Another Chance To Tell if He Will Hand Over Records Washirsj'.on 1 Team- could have the checkbook if it iters President Dave Beck wanted it. passed up a chance today to tell Senate investigators produced at today i session a leamsters I check for S3, 115 signed by Brew- the Senate Rackets committee whether he will hand over his personal financial records next Tuesday. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said he re ceived a new telegram from Beck but "the reservations are still there" on whether Beck would surrender his records or invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to give them up. "Only he (Beck) can say what he means," McClellan told news men. "It is not clear whether he intends to make his records vailableOfor committee inspec tion, or merely mcns to have them physically present." Under the law, 9 subpoena could require Beck to bring his records to the hcring room. He has (S)l ready promised to do this riext Tuesday. But he could not Mie compelled to hand them over to the committee if he wished to invoke the Fifth Amendment (jhd swear they contained infor rr(g;ion which might tend to in rriminate him. rsonal Finances fllc(iciian aisciosea bcck s tr?ram as the committee re called Frank W. Brewster, West Coast teamsters boss, for more questioning on his own personal finances. Brewster told reporters the committee has about all of his personal books except a check book for routine household ex penses. Brewster said the committee ster. They said the check backed up a charge that union funds had been used to buy an automobile in 1954 for Mary James, Bothell. Wash. She was described as the "girl friend'' of Terry McNulty, a Teamsters Union organizer who also drove a horse van for Brewster. Brewster denied knowledge of the matter. Pierre Salinger, a committee investigator, told of two tele phone interviews, the most re cent Wednesday with Miss James about the auto bought from the Harry Apple Agency, Los Angeles, in 1954. Ckanam Her Story Salinger said Miss James first said the auto was a gift from Mc Nulty. But Wednesday she changed her story, according to the investigator, to say she had paid McNulty $1,800 on the pur chase price. McNulty was quoted as telling a staff investigator he added the remainder of the purchase price and turned it over in cash to the late Gordon Lindsey. then secretary-treasurer of the Team sters' Western Conference. Carmine Bcllino, a committee staff accountant, said the team sters' records showed no such I receipt. McClellan asked Brewster if he had any explanation. News To Him "I do not," Brewster said, "it certainly is news to me." The teamsters' official added that at that time he signed checks in blank. But, he added, "I am not signing them in blank now." Asked what the committee would do if Beck refused to hand over the records, McClel lan said: "We've got lots of subpoena blanks." Beck promised Wednesday to bring his records "without preju dice to my rights under the Con stitution and Bill of Rights." The phrase puzzled McClellan, but he suspected it included pos sible use of the Fifth Amend ment against self-incrimination. Beck if subpoenaed is re quired by law to come to the hearing room with his records. Elkins-Clark Trial Slated for April 16 Portland U.R James El kins, Portland racketeer, and his employee. Raymond F. Clark, are slated to go on trial April 16 to face a nine-count federal indictment charging wire tapping. Judge William East set the new trial date yesterday after an attorney for the pair had pleaded for a delay from the original date of March 26. Attorney William J. Crawford urged the delay on grounds that he had not had sufficient time to prepare a defense. He also said the amount of publicity given the case through news media necessitated a delay. ' , v Vic v 4 -1 V. In m ,011.1.1 L.wim ihit mee inp leamsier oniciais louna tnemselves deep m trouble bcf Senate committee in Washington. James R. Hoffa, vice president of the unifj. sfurrejintlstl rrrtr, above, faces bribery charges. Frank W. Brewster, right, (Jd&itted "Tefrrrofiaf" union funds fnr his personal expenses. (International Soundphoto) BOX NG Sponsored by Medford Pal Club Bouts : 01 Action M.AML23 Hedrkk Jr. High MAIN EVENT - HEAVYWEIGHTS PICK LOPEZ McJf.rd Pal S-Tiaw.Golrfen dove K.O. Champion vs. DON HAWLEY Burns, Oregon 80 Bout Left-Hook Artist SEMI-WIND UP WILLIE IRA vs. LARRY LEWIS Portland, Oregon National A.A.U. Finalist Medford Pal Golden Glove Champion PLUS TO TERRIFIC SLAM BANG PRELIMINARY BATTLES GENERAL ADMISSION, $1.00 - RINGSIDE, $1.50 RESERVED RINGSIDE, $2.10 (tax included) TICKETS ON SALE AT: Lamports, City Police Station, Browns Cafe, Union Club & Bohemian Club But he can invoke the Fifth Amendment against handing them over to the committee if he feels they would tend to in criminate him. Brief Early Questioning However, should Beck with hold records on the plea of pos sible self-incrimination, there would remain many avenues still open for committee investi gation of his personal financial activities. President Eisenhower opened a principal one earlier this week when he authorized the commit tee to have access to tax returns of persons it is investigating. Regardless of Beck's decision, the committee does not plan to question him extensively this week. It wants to get his records if possible, question other wit nesses, gather information about Beck's financial activities from other sources and then recall him. Syphilis Vaccine 'Real Possibility' Washington flJ.R) Venereal disease is increasing throughout the nation for the first time in eight years, but a vaccine for syphilis is "a real possibility," the Public Health Service has told Congress. J Dr. A. C. Smith, chief of the service's venereal disease pro gram, said 266,000 cases of syph ilis and gonorrhea were reported last year 55 per cent of them among teen-agers or young adults. He told a house appropriations subcommittee in testimony taken Feb. 15 and made public today that increases were reported "in all areas of the nation." Of the 126,219 syphilis cases reported in 1956, Smith said New York had 21,061 by far the largest state total. Next high est was Ohio with 8,409, fol lowed by California with 6,647 cases and Florida with 6,469. Vermont had the lowest total 41 cases followed by Nevada with 61 and North Dakota with 63. Of the national total of syph ilis cases, 48.519 were white peo ple and 77,700 were non-whites. WEARING silk hat used since 1900, James M. Curley. ex-Massachusetts governor, is early arrival at Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade. He is recovering from abdominal surgery. (International) State Selling Short, Goy. Holmes Claims Portland (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes declared here last night that Oregon sells itself short when it fails to call the nation's attention to its assets and needs. Holmes spoke at a meeting before the Propeller Club of Portland and representatives of Columbia river and Oregon coast ports. The governor said abundant low-cost power and a navigable channel on the Columbia river could combine to develop a great industrial civilization in Oregon if people would develop the necessary ports. He said Oregon was not shar ing in the defense effort on the scale that it should. He said ship building and ship repairing had disappeared to a large extent since the last yar. Amended Indictment Returned for Judge Hillsboro (U.R) An amended indictment against Harry M. Seabold, former county judge, has been returned by the Wash ington county grand jury. The amended indictment which alleges bribery in con nection with sales of county tim ber when Seabold was in office was received yesterday by Cir cuit Court Judge Carl A'. Dahl. It is a modified version of the indictment returned Nov. 18, 1956. The original indictment was returned to the grand jury by Judge Dahl after defense attor neys filed a demurrer charging that the language of the original indictment was vague and un clear. Seabold is free on $1000 bail at present. Thornton Answers Reeder's Request Salem (U.R) Attorney Gener al Robert Y. Thornton said to day that the clerk, of the Circuit Court is required to exact a fee from a defendant appealing to the Circuit Court from a justice or district court in a criminal case. j Thornton noted, however, that I he was not ruling on the ques- tion of procedure to be follow ed where the defendant was without funds. The opinion was written at the request, of Jackson County District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder. Jiffy Oyster Dishes Taste just right with BLUE PLATE COVE OYSTERS Enjoy dehcious oyster dishes every month of the year. Blue I late Canned Oysters are always in season. Fat and fine with that fresh sea tang you'll love. Packed in season when oysters are at their best. Enfoy them often in sowes, stews, pot pws oni pottm. Serra them fried gold brown and good -lotting. Add them to tcramblod egos for a quick tuppor treat. Look for Blue Plate foe cultivated cove oysters with the delicate sea-fresh flavor. 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