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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: The afternoon sessi(.'11 of the President's Commission on Organized Crime will come to order. Call your next witness. MR. RYAN: The Commission calls Robert Powell. Swear the witness, please. ROBERT E. POWELL was called as a witness and, having been first duly sworn, was examined and testified as fOllows: the record, please? be here today? MR. RYAN: Sir, would you state your name for MR. POWELL: Robert E. Powell, P-o-w-e-l-l. MR. RYAN: Mr. Powell, were you subpoened to MR. POWELL: Yes, I was. MR. RYAN: Would it be correct to say that you did not volunteer to come here? your testimony? MR. POWELL: That is correct. MR. RYAN: And thut the Commission has sought MR. POWELL: That is correct. MR. RYAN: Mr. Powell, whcn did you retire from the Laborers' International Union of North America, which we will call the Laborers'?
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APRIL 24. III e ••••••
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The President's commission on organ
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Weill also present a case study of
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speoific circumstances with them, w
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MR. HARMON; Well, they were linked
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PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON ORGANIZED
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and the public for destructive and
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hundred locals are heavily influenc
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with nylon rope and repeatedly stab
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MR. ETO: Yes. MR. RYAN: The structu
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MR. RYAN: What office does he hold?
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not pay me -- if he did not pay me,
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MR. RYAN: Did you report to Vincent
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I told him that I pleaded stipulate
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9th did you receive a call from Joe
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cial? MR. ETO: Yes. I-iR. RYAN: Is
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witness. MR. HARMON: Mr. Chairman,
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police? OJi'FICER VAN POELVOORDE: Y
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particular, were pushed aside so th
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successful outcome of those charges
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Department? nesses. OFFICER VAN POE
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MR. RYAN: And, indeed, the leader o
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important to point out that the Uni
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done; that was the end of it. It wa
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MR. RISPO: At that time I was on th
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MR. RISPO: Russell and Mr. Bruno, R
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this thing straightened out. If we
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them over to Pennsauken. I had them
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my office." talk to me. turned you
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we close up an operation, if this g
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Teamster officials had cars. MR. HA
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he said, "I want you to give this t
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point. Now was this the only time t
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father that I skimmed off the gross
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Government's obligation there is to
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going on. You drove the truck or yo
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happen to know a location called Ro
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companies? MR. SOLOMON: I believe t
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MR. SOLOMON: Yes. MR. RYAN: Did som
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MR. RYAN: Did Mr. Robert Boffa and
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the attorneys for Crown Cork and Se
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MR. SANTARELLI: May I ask the intro
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Unfortunately, in retrospect two se
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companies. The record should also r
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, . tried to learn what has happene
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for the record, sir? MR. PRESSER: J
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counsel and exercise whatever const
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Mr. Harmon
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procedurally the steps that we shou
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his immediate successor, Jackie Pre
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if I can ask a couple of questions.
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is a working definition that we use
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ut there was no bar to union activi
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correct? MR. SCHAFFLER: That was on
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which would bar you from the union
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President and to Congress. So use t
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decline to answer questions or answ
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MR. HARMON: Did Joe Agone have any
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did you have any competition from o
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Now if you heard a Teamster officia
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drawer contracts? MR. CUNNINGHAM: I
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casinos? MR. CUNNINGHAM: Well, I fo
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MR. HARMON: You had the green light
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own that I had. MR. CUNNINGHAM: I h
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may consult with concerning those q
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MR. HA}UlION: During those twenty-p
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Are you aware of the situation wher
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I could be off. MR. HARMON: Now, Mr
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local's general management, it woul
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constitution or of applicable law.
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whether they adhere to those partic
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prosecutions. And the statement is
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to the same page that Mr. Harmon re
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MR. CONNERTON: Yes. Well, I -- yes.
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conclusion has some strong basis in
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have used union benefit funds as pe
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MR. WALSH: Approximately 80 percent
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MR. RYAN: Were you ever involved wi
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usiness. don't know. DR. AII)SSA: I
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in that process? for his companies?
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Hillsborough, Illinois. Paramount I
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MR. RYAN: After the termination of
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MR. MADDEN: Yes, sir. MR. RYAN: For
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MR. RYAN: That's right. Do you reco
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day, did he? MR. MADDEN: Yes, sir.
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MR. SERPICO: Yes, I am. MR. RYAN: L
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to be a fact? MR. RYAN: But it does
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crime in that union? MR. SERPICO: I
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up on the same streocwith him. MR.
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see him in two or three months. MR.
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MR. RYAN: Have you ever heard that
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Serpico, that Cantazaro was getting
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: The Commis
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factor or control within the indust
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DoUg, look, you know what life is a
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ago he was on our side. Ya know (in
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the other. claiming 813. THOMAR RON
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would more courage, maybe five migh
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"EMEDIO FAZZINI: I'm sorry to say I
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operated this way since the '50s. T
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ulletproof. tryin' to do that. bull
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each. The cost to the consumers is
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FBI against the heads of the variou
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'record, please? -----------_ .. _-
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worked for Terminal Transport. And
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MR. RYAN: Did you win it on behalf
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publicly. We sent invitations to 15
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Finally, we have at times kept our
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missioner Manuel, ACTING CHAIRMAN S
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asset at the time that those convic
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ecause of the fact that he had been
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eal problem. And we felt that we ha
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cooperation, Mr. Ptawart. It's seld
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CONCLUSION The testimony in this re
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Preceding page blank Prepared state
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CQ')lVERSA'l'ION #: 1 DATE /i]AY 24
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R A R A R A CONVERSATION #10 Yea, w
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CCl'IVERSA'l'I
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agreement/ arrangement/ combination
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was -the first CPA to ever hold tha
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the United states Senate Permanent
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e more timely enforcement. In my ju
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11. The murder of Walter Glockner a
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(1961) and Walter Glockner (1963) a
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Whether that ultimate objective wil
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Honorable Irving R. Kaufman April 2
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Former Chicago organized crime asso
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Chart depicts the organization of t
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o 00 r--
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Acting Commission. Chairman Samuel
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Ohio Teamster official Wendell Quil
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Il===.= Schematic of buffer role pl
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Teamster President Jackie Presser i
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Jeffrey Schaffler, a Department of
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Commission Investigator Jack Walsh
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John Serpico, International Vice Pr
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George Lebr, Executive Director of
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