MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29. 1962
The Hoffg Story-Ill
Hoffa Stumbles Info FBI Trap; Wins Case With Work of Clever Attorney
Editor's note: Thit it the i charge of bribing a lawyer to
third 01 live dispatches on
the life and times of Jimmy
Hpffa.
By HARRY FERGUSON
Washington - (UPli - Jimmy
Hpffa is 49 years old and the
graph of his career for the
last 30 of them looks like the
rising and dipping of a roller
coaster. It hit bottom on the
nifiht of March 13, 1957, when
hi walked into the lobby of
thfe DuPont Plaza Hotel and
found himself surrounded by
agents of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
They arrested him on a
spy on the Senate rackets
committee and steal docum
ments from its files. The cloak
and dagger story that unfold
ed probably would be reject
ed by the script writers for
the Perry Mason show as be
ing too implausible.
At the time Hoffa was ninth
vice president of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Team
sters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse
men and Helpers of America,
the world's biggest union.
Dave Beck, the president, had I
been discredited by the Sen
ate rackets committee, was
on the way out and eventually
went to prison for income tax
evasion. Hoffa was the crown
prince, and the path of his
future seemed a rosy one,
strewn with the blossoms of
prominence and power.
Chang Is Sudden
In "ne sweep Robert F.
Kennedy, the young and eager
counsel of the Senate rackets
committee, changed all that.
One day Kennedy received a
caller who identified himself
as Jotn Cye Cheasty, a New
York lawyer. His story was
that Hoffa had offered him
I $18,000 if he could get a job
on the legal staff of the rack-
documents to Hoffa outside
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spv for the Teamsters' Un
ion Kennedy consulted the
FBI and it was suggested to
Cheasty that he become a
double agent. He accepted.
When the case came to trial
in federal district court,
Cheasty told this story: On
the night of March 12 he took
some documents prepared for
him by the FBI and. in a taxi
cab driven by an FBI agent,
picked Hoffa up at his hotel.
He gave Hoffa the documents,
but told him he would have
to get them back later that
night. Hoffa gave him some
money, and a few hours later
thore was another meeting at
which the documents were re
turned to Cheasty.
The next night Cheasty de
livered another envelope of
ubthf ittfmpt CHARGED Jimmy Hoffa. Iils career
rising and dipping like a roller coaster, was arrested on
Miirch 13, 1957, on charges of trying to bribe a lawyer to
nn the Senate rackets committee. He was ably defended
by attorney Edward Bennett Williams, shown at left with
him, and acquitted. (UPI)
Recordings of Ant Sounds
Presented at Conference
Corvallis-Ants make sounds , ants have stridulatory organs
which are clearly audible to
hdmans, and appear to use
them for communication, a
Rutgers university zoologist
reported yesterday.
Helen Forrest, in a research
report to the American So
ciety of Zoologists meeting at
Oregon State university, pro
duced recordings of ant
sounds, and displayed visual
patterns taken from oscil
loscope reproduction of the
recorded sounds.
The report, believed to be
one of the first scientific dis
cissions of ant communication
by, sound, was given at a ses
sion devoted to animal be
havior and socio biology.
Stjidies of animil behavior
are basic to understanding of
many human patterns of phy
sical and mental activity.
Sounds Recorded
liss Forrest said ant be
havior indicating that some
type of short-distance com
munication operated between
artls prompted the study.
Sounds made by 25 ant
species and varieties have
bin recorded since the re
search began.
Miss Forrest said ant noises
are made by snapping leg
jojnls, scraping feet, rapping
with mandibles, and by stridu
latory organs..
It has long been known that
but these have been believed
incapable of producing sound
or serving for communication,
with rare exceptions, Miss
Forrest said.
She found that almost all
sound components of the
stimulations apparently are
within the range of audibility
by humans.
Miss Forrest found that al
though the sound - producing
organs are very similar in all
species studied, the "songs''
each produced are "quite dif
ferent, and may be distinctive
for each species."
Male and female ants often
have louder, deeper "voices"
than sexless worker ants, and
are especially sensitive to
vibrations, Miss Forrest
added.
Jackie Receives
Personal Tribute
Ravello, Italy - fUPli - Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy, fresh
from a personal triumph in
which Ravello made her an
honorary citizen, left nearby
Amalfi by boat today for a
brief visit to the fabled Isle
of Capri.
With her were her sister,
Princess Lee Radziwill,
French photographer Gilbert
Graziani and his wife, and
Italian fashion designer Prin
cess Irene Galitzine. Caroline
Kennedy, 4, stayed behind.
The group was expected to
stay at Princess Galitzine's
Capri villa and to return to
Ravello by this evening.
Tuesday night, firecrackers
replaced a 21-gun salute and
the village band played "The
Marine Hymn'' instead of
"The Star Spangled Banner"
as Ravello got its point across
in a special fiesta that it
thought Mrs. Kennedy was
wonderful.
the DuPont Plaza Hotel. Hoffa
put them in his pocket and
strolled into the lobby and in
to the arms of the FBI. Bobby
Kennedy went to the federal
courthouse where Hoffa was
formally charged, and Jimmy
had this to say to him: "Lis
ten, Bobby, you run your bus
iness and I'll run mine. You
go on home and go to bed.
Let's don't have no prob
lems." Appears Air-Tight
If ever there was an air
tight legal case, this one ap
peared to be it. The prosecu
tion had a photograph, taken
by the FBI. of Cheasty hand
ling an envelope to Hoffa. It
also had about $700 of marked
money which Cheay testi
fied Hoffa had handed to him.
Kennedy and the lcderal
prosecutors were confident
they had Hoffa on the ropes,
and Bobby even said: "if Hof
fa isn't convicted, I'll jump
off the Capitol dome."
Hoffa frequently is at his
best when the going is rough
est and he knew he was on the
spot. He doesn't have a high
regard for lawyers, particular
ly the kind he calls "book
lawyers," but he set out to
get the best one available. He
found his man in Edward Ben
nett Williams, a criminal at
torney who has developed into
an advocate who takes the im
probable in his stride and oc
casionally achieves the impos
sible. His defense of Hoffa
was Williams' finest hour. At
the end of it he had ceased
to be a local lawyer and had
become a national figure.
Eight of the 12 members of
the jury were Negroes. Early
in the trial Joe Louis, former
heavyweight champion,
strolled in and took a seat.
When the court recessed, Lou
is was asked what he was do
ing here, and replied: "I just
came to see how my friend
Jimmy Hoffa is getting along."
Williams denies that he plant
ed Louis in the courtroom, but
in any event the prosecution
attempted to counter-attack
by having a Negro lawyer sit
at its table throughout the
trial.
Williams centered his at
tack on Cheasty's credibility
as a witness and gave him a
rough cross-examination.
When it came time to deliver
his summation, he returned
to the attack in the quiet but
intense tone of voice that is
his best weapon: "The Ninth
Commandment in the Bible is
that thou shalt not bear false
witness. From this man's lips
we learn that he lies. From
this man's lips we learn that
he deceives. From this man's
lips we learn that he falsifies."
Two of the women Jurors
wept. A prominent attorney
who heard Williams' summa
tion predicted that law stu
dents some day would make
special trips to Washington to
see the man in action.
The jury stayed out for
three hours and 45 minutes
and came back with a verdict
of not guilty. The jurors, who
were interviewed later, said
the presence of Joe Louis had
not been a determining factor
in the verdict. All of them
agreed that the decisive thing
was their doubt about the
credibility of Cheasty's testi
mony. Hoffa made this brief state
ment. "Ed Williams is tops." I
and then threw all of his en-;
ergy into the next project.
The Teamsters were shortly to
hold an election for president
and Jimmy had some definite
ideas about who the man
should be.
As for Williams, he offered
to stand the expense of a par
achute for Bobby Kennedy s
jump off the Capitol dome.
Next:
prise.
Hoffa grabs th big
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Rabid Bat Bites
Three Children
Lawrenceburg, Tenn. (UPlt
A rabid bat bit three children
in the yard of the Ethridge
Elementary school but anti
rabies serum was administer
ed in time to counteract the
disease, it was learned Tues
day. Officials said the incident
ocurred last week after the
children found the bat in a
tree.
W. F. Drake, sanitarian at
the Lawrence County Health
department, sent the bat to
Nashville, Tenn., where tests
showed that it was rabid.
Washi.iK'on About one
third of all Americans over
the age of 65 receive some
from of social security payments.
Veteran Newsman
Dies in New York
New York - fllPH - Burnett
Olcott (Bo) McAnney. 70, vice
president of the New York
World-Telegram and Sun. died
at Beth Israel hospital Tues
day night of a heart attack.
McAnncy's newspaper ca
reer spanned nearly a half
century. Born in North Tarry
town. N.Y., the son of a minis
ter, he graduated from the
Columbia School of Journal
ism in 1914 and went to work
for the New York Tribune.
He served as a Marine ser
geant in World War I, then
returned to the Tribune to
AVashinglon - t'PH - Oregon I work as reporter, rewrite
Democratic Sens. Wayne i man and assistant city ccmor
Morse and Maurine Neubcrger
voted Tuesday in favor of
striking a seven per cent in
vestment lax credit for busi
ness and industry out of the
Kennedy administration's tax
reform bill.
The Senate handed the
President a significant vic
tory by voting 52-30 to retain
thf credit in the bill.
The vote Generally cut
across party lines with 37
Democrats and 15 Republicans
in favor of the tax credit and
IT. Democrats and 15 Repub
licans against it.
Morse, Neuberger
Support Tax Bill
until 1925. After a year sell
ing newspapers features. Mc
Anney joined the New York
Post, where he did feature
editing and rewrite.
In 1927. he went to the
New York Times as a copy
reader and rewrite man. He
joined the staff of the New
York Telegram in 1928. three
years before it became the
World Telegram McAnney
was named city editor in 1933,
a job he held until 1948. when
he was made managing editor.
The board of directors elect
ed him vice president in 1954.
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