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Business, Editor's note In: the followinr dispatch, the chief counsel of the Senate Rackets Committee con eludes that dealing with corruption Is a problem for business and the bar for all Americans as well as unions. By ROBERT F. KENNEDY Rackets Committee Counsel Written for UPI Washington - (CPD - In two and a half years, the Senate Rackets Committee has heard a parade of witnesses who have told stories of theft, ex . tortion. double-dealing - or other forms of man's mis treatment of his fellow man A great deal of this kind of testimony has led some people to the conclusion that the fault lies solely with la bor. Nothing could be fur ther from the truth. The com' mittee has looked into rela tively few unions, and where corruption has been shown, the AFL-CKD has often mov ed vigorously and effectively to deal with the problem. The expulsion from the AFL-CIO of the Teamsters and Bakery & Confectionery Workers Unions are two such ex amples. No Action By Business At the same time, the com- . mittee has looked into some 50 companies and corpora tions. No business group has yet to take an action com' parable to that of labor against these business enter . prises which have been shown to have engaged in unsavory practices. In addition, we have had a number of lawyers about whom there has been serious derogatory information. Some lawyers have invoked the Fifth Amendment before the . committee. Yet, bar associa tions have yet to take the first , action against any of these of fending members of the legal profession. . Not Labor's Problem Alone The corruption we have un covered weaves from labor to management to lawyers to all segments of our society. This is not labor's problem any more than it is manage ment's or the taxpayer's prob lem. It is a problem that strikes at every one of us; this corruption is a problem for all of us as Americans. The committee of necessity has had to explore the seamy side in the field of labor management relations, but a great many people showed great courage and we should not lose sight of their brave fight against tyranny and corruption. James Luken of Cincinnati is such an example. A lead ing Teamster official, he provided- a marked contrast to the 100 fellow Teamster lead- Slim, Trim, Easy Look! An inverted pleat front and back gives wonder- ail 9406 A vfj WAIST J TIP 24"-32" 8 ful, walking ease to one of - fall's smartest skirts. Very I easy-to-sew-a fashion "must" for you who are going places ; this fall. Tomorrow s pattern: Half-size fashion. ! Printed Pattern 9406: Misses waist sizes 24, 25, 26, i 28, 30, 32. Size 28 takes Z vards 45-inch. ; Printed directions on each nattern Dart. Easier, accurate Send fifty cents (coins) for this pattern-add 10 cen for - each nattern for f'" .i.-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar- : tin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11. N.Y. Print " plainly name, address with tone size and style number. Washington-dJPD-Labor Sec retary James P. Mitchell has joined President Eisenhower in backing a labor reform bill supported by business groups and conservatives in the House. Lawyers Share Blame, ers who appeared before the committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment. He testi fied forthrightly about his fight with James R. Hoffa since he became head of a Milk Wagon Drivers local in Cincinnati, and then head of the Joint Council there. He told without dramatics the threats to his life how a hearse showed up at his home one day to pick up his body; how flowers were sent to his funeral. Fight With Hoffa's 'Man' He told of his bitter fights with William Presser, the U i Peei his advertisement A JJ are effective through Sunday, " - s August 16, at Safeway in Look at this savings on famous Full strength bleach FX at a special low price J I j 1 1 Half Gal. Zl 2 Another big value on WHITE MAGIC BLEACH So mild it works like Dm 07 magic. HCgi Will Half Gal. Eastern Bed Kfipeburstfing woth sugar sweet Spec. Plump Rio Oso Grand for delicious breakfast summer salads, or desserts. PEACHES president of the Ohio Confer ence of Teamsters, whom the committee has labelled cor rupt. He related how Hoffa told him: "If you want to get ahead in the Teamsters in Ohio, you take orders from Bill Presser. He's my man." When Presser appeared be fore the committee he invok ed the Fifth Amendment. The committee has found that the mark of corrupt la bor leadership is its affinity for close relationship with employers; the frequent sell out of union members. In Ohio, where the contracts are Sea 1 J 0 It 1 1 I re. and Texas I I I l J III I t t I I Gems dishes, Rackets Com mittee higher than the Hoffa-negoti ated Michigan contracts, Lu ken and his associates have had to fight "side deals" ex ecuted by Hoffa with large trucking companies, . to the detriment of the members. In New York, where the "con tracts are far superior to those negotiated in the Mid west, Teamster official Tom Hickey stood his ground against Hoffa in 1954 and won for them wage increases far in excess of what Hoffa had told the large motor carriers they could settle for. Luken, and Hickey are but iviearora. we reserve rne i right to limit. No sales to 1 dealers. Libby's Corned Beef Hash Stoclt up and Save Trader top quality from the llli 4 No. Vx tins Seedless Grapes No. 2 Potatoes two examples of the majority of Teamster officials through out the country who are hon est and who devote their ener gies to the improvement of conditions of their fellow workers. 1 One of the committee's most inspiring witnesses was John McNiff, a 23-year-old lawyer whose New York group took up the cause of thousands of Negro and Puerto Rican workers, working for sweat shop wages and under sweat shop conditions in small manufacturing plants in New York. deep sea Head Says He found part of the root of the problem was corruptly lei. locals of the old UAW AFL (now the Allied Indus trial Workers Union). But he also found that for every crdbked labor leader there was a greedy employer, only too eager to do business at the expense of his workers and in the interest of his higher profits. 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