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was your position? vice-president? MR. POWELL: August 15th, 1984. MR. RYAN: At the time you retired, sir, what MR. POWELL: First vice-president. MR. RYAN: That is you were an Interna't.ional MR. POWELL: International vice-president. MR. RYAN: At the time of your retirement was Angelo Fosco the president of the union and Arthur Coia secretary-treasurer? laborer? MR. POWELL: Correct. MR. RYAN: Did you begin your career as a MR. POWELL: Yes, I did. MR. RYAN: Did you work on ,construction sites? MR. POWELL: I worked on construction sites, dug ditches, poured concrete, helped the brickmason, carpenters, electrician, plumbers, et cetera. MR. RYAN: Would you describe for me the posi tions that you have held in your union career? MR. POWELL: As to labor, I worked as a laborer; from there as a foreman; from a foreman to a general foreman; and then I moved into the Laborer organization as a delegate, and as a steward, as an executive board 100
member of the local, as a field representative of the local, to an International representative; from there to vice-president. MR. RYAN: What year were you elected vice president of the Laborer's International? MR. POWELL: 1961. MR. RYAN: So computing that from your date of retirement, you were a vice-president of the union for 23 years? MR. POWELL: Yes, I was elected as a vice president, and due to death or resignation I moved up to the first vice-president. MR. RYAN: While at the Laborers' Union did you have responsibilities for coordinating the activities of your union with the civil rights movement? activities, please? MR. POWELL: Yes, I did. MR. RYAN: Will you describe some of those MR. POWELL: I worked very closely with the A. Philip Randolph Institute, NAACP, the Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other civil rights groups to bring about a perfect relation ship between the Laborers and the civil rights groups. I also served on the Civil Rights Committee of the 101
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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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other people there. A leader of the
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snapped open. Several TDU members w
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Hitt? MR. HITT: Yes, they did. MR.
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his client to exercise his constitu
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"Same answer." MR. QUILLEN: On the
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him. to organized crime? MR. HARMON
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Local l07? MR. RISPO: No, sir. MR.
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soma people in Philadelphia -- ther
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And then a couple of years later th
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Coca-Cola, Spiegel's, J.C. Penney s
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other words, whatever the drivers e
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said he would call Williams? MR. RI
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ackground when he was doing his bus
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corporations. during the mid '70s?
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I went down to the bar to talk to S
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company. The drivers -- basically w
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did enforce the contract, that hold
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So the guy lost everything. Now tha
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victed of homicide? MR. RISPO: You
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MR. RYAN: Very recently? MR. SOLOMO
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MR. SOLOMON: Yes. MR. RYAN: Were th
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period? MR. SOLOMON: Yes, sir. MR.
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figures as in the past? MR. SOLOMON
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: I guess --
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they should be provided 48 hours in
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or individuals involved in those en
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and'also with the investigation whi
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as a corporation to ensure that you
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MR. CLIMACO: Mr. Chairman, excuse m
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MR. PRESSER: Mr. Chairman, on the a
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Just a mom
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excused until tomorrow morning at 9
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Trustees unquestioningly paid milli
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Teamsters, was that a cost plus con
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: This morni
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MR. RYANI Mr. Schaffler, would you
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Lasky. Has he been convicted, Geral
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I have no doubt that we could have
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laws of the Department of Labor? Le
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ought out? MR. HARMON: Will Daniel
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labor union? MR. CUNNINGHAM: Yes. M
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MR. CUNNINGHAM: Well, that wasn't n
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MR. HARMON: Every union has a right
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these companies were run by ex-law
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persons by the name of Ruben Gonzal
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MR. CUNNINGHAM: No, none at all. MR
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MR. CUNNINGHAM: Primarily, yes, in
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Seeing no
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MR. CONNERTON: I am the chairman of
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that law firm? firm. that law firm?
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MR. CONNERTON: That's correct. MR.
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pension fund or health and welfare
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therefore, was consistent with the
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MR. CONNERTON: Again, subject to an
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premiums paid for the coverage of t
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was about 300 pounds, nnd he put hi
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COMMISSIONER METHVIN: I think the v
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ule; that the union can provide rep
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MR. CONNERTON: That is correct, Mr.
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We'll hear testimony from the execu
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MR. WALSH: There was a dual situati
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member of La Cosa Nostra? DR. AIOSS
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figure, sir. I'm not sure of the ac
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MR. RYAN: And when you took the job
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MR. RYAN: Dr. Aiossa, is it also tr
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MR. RYAN: What did that projection
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operation, Mr. Cantazaro, with the
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surveillance from September 1974 un
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MR. RYAN: At approximately 11:15 a.
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e spoken to? MR. RYAN: Usually the
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to me. MR. RYAN: You are answering
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organization here in Chicago known
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MR. RYAN: Let's talk about some oth
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of years? Fifi Buccieri? MR. SERPIC
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MR. SERPICO: No, I didn't. MR. RYAN
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quickly. MR. SERPICO: I'm sorry. AC
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now be in recess and we are going t
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these tapes were garnered. We asked
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SALVATORE AVELLINO: Well, maybe the
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eady to go to work. The union peopl
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favor now, first of all, he admits
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What does Avellino mean by "the env
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and then because eventually Tommy w
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words. manipulate it. RICHARD DeLUC
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the results of that study. With tha
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men of honor, the people in the mob
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Goldstock, on behalf of the Commiss
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trucking company? hurt. MR. HALL: M
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50 percent more people that they we
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essential for multi-employer funds
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Mr. Dorfman was killed on January 2
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the -- Whether it be approaching us
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COMMISSIONER MANUEL: For many years
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course of the Hoffa investigation.
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information and ask the Secretary o
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ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Mr. Methvi
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on our democratic fabric. The notio
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I would like to welcome you to this
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y trucking fabric to non-union shop
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STA'I'EMENT SUBMITTED FOR THE RECOR
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with Mr. Dorfman which we had begun
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operators are able to answer the va
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The second cornerstone of the Civil
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As impressive as this litany of rac
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to the extent possible that the per
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us with investigating. Equally impo
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Commission Executive Director James
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CHICAGO Map shows areas where Vince
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Executive Director James Harmon and
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Robert E. Powell, retired First Vic
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Robert Cantazaro (left) was incarce
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Convicted racketeer Robert G. Boffa
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Samuel Solomon (foreground), accomp
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Commission investigator David Willi
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Robert Connerton (center), general
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Joseph "Doves" Aiuppa, second ranki
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Ronald Goldstock, Director of the N
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