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MR. PRESSER: Mr. Chairman, on the advice of
counsel I respectfully decline to answer that question
on the grounds of the Fifth Amendment.
MR. HARMON; Mr. Presser, we have heard, over
a period of two days, of violence being directed at
union members in various unions, not only the Teamsters.
Would you as general president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters advocate that a conspiracy
through violence to deprive the right of workers to
organize be considered a violation of the Federal
criminal the Federal civil rights statute?
MR. PRESSER: Mr. Chairman, on the advice of
counsel I respectfully decline to answer that question
on the grounds of the Fifth Amendment.
MR. HARMON: Mr. Presser, there has been.
testimony during the course of this hearing that the
National Labor Relations Board is not particularly
effective in dealing with situations where labor
racketeering involving organized crime has become
institutionalized. During that same meeting before
Teamsters Joint Council 41, you said this;
"You are appointing a new person as the
chairperson of the National Labor Relations
Board. There are two names that have been
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