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Hoffa Denies
Contributions To
Campaigns Illegal
Miami Beach, Fla. (UPD -
Teamster Union President
James R. Hoffa said Thurs
day that political contribu
tions made by two St. Louis
locals in 1956 were legal and
made under a system that
previously had been checked
by a grand jury.
The Justice Department an
nounced that the two St. Louis
locals and six officers, includ
ing International Vice Presi
dent Harold J. Gibbons, had
been indicted on charges of
making illegal political con
tributions from union funds
in 1956 to the campaigns of
two senators and two repre
sentatives, i n c 1 u d ing Sen.
Wayne Morse (DOre.).
Financial Aid Voted .
Hoffa announced that the
Teamsters International Ex
ecutive Board, meeting here,
had voted unanimously to
give Gibbons and the other
indicted officials "financial
and moral support to what
ever extent necessary" to fight
the indictments.
In Washington, a statement
from Morse said he had never
personally received any cam
paign contributions from the
Teamsters' Union but that he
had received voluntary con
tributions from rank and file
union members. He drew a
distinction between funds
which are contributed volun
tarily by union members and
funds which come directly
from union treasuries.
Highway Safety
Group Reaffirms
Stand on Laws
Salem-ttIPD-Th stand of the
Oregon Traffic Safety Com
mission for stronger laws
dealing with drunken driving,
speeding and other major of
fenses has been affirmed at
a meeting here.
The Commission again en
dorsed the addition of fixed
maximum speed limits to the
present basic rule law.
The Commission also called
for-, more effective use of
chemical tests for those charg
ed with drunken driving; au
thorization for police to ar
rest at the scene of an acci
dent on "probable cause";
regulation of standards of
auto safety equipment sold,
and improved procedures of
accident reporting.
Terence Fitzgerald of the
Auto Industries Highway
Safety Committee in Wash
ington, D.C., told the Com
mission that last year's vol
untary safety check of more
than 42,000 Oregon cars found
mechanical defects in one out
of five vehicles.
Registration Drive
Planned by Party
Fourth District Democrats
plan to conduct a compre
hensive registration drive
prior to the May primary, ac
cording to K. C. (Swede)
Wernmark, Jackson county
Democratic organization
chairman.
Wernmark and Glyndon O.
Loomer, chairman of precinct
43, Medford, were Jackson
county delegates to a work
shop session in Eugene last
week end, conducted by Vern
Cook, Portland legislator and
state chairman of the regis
tration drive. Delegates from
Curry, Linn and Lane coun
ties also attended.
In outlining plans for the
drive, Cook said it would
provide an opportunity to
build party organization and
to find new party workers
and leaders.
In addition to urging voters
to register, canvassers will be
asked to conduct a census of
both registered and unregis
tered voters.
An incentive system has
been established whereby
each canvasser can earn a $5
credit toward party fund rais
ing drives for each 50 new
voters registered.
Zenith Founder's
Widow Files Suit
Chicago-(UPD-A psychiatrist
testified for - Mrs. Inez .Mc
Donald Neale Wednesday at
her trial to win an $8 million
share of the Zenith radio for
tune. Attorneys for Mrs. Neale,
Ojai, Calif., attempted to show
she was mentally and phys
ically ill at the time her di
vorce from the late Eugene
F. McDonald Jr., founder of
Zenith.
Mrs. Neale is suing to have
her 1947 divorce set aside so
she can claim a window's one
third share of McDonald's
estimated $24 million estate.
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