James R. Hoffa seated at a hearing table, touching his temple with two fingers, a microphone at right, 20 August 1957. — Open the full imageJPG, 640 × 443 px, 0.1 MB

James R. Hoffa at the witness table of the Senate rackets committee, 20 August 1957 (Library of Congress)

Warren K. Leffler's U.S. News & World Report photograph of James R. Hoffa testifying before the McClellan Committee, dated 20 August 1957 in the log book. A copy is stored here.

Date: 1957-08-20
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: The Library of Congress rights advisory on the item record reads: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Call number: LC-U9-986C- 25 [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-51768. The copy stored here is the Library's service JPEG.

The Library of Congress gives this photograph the log-book title “Hoffa on Trial at Senate Racket Com.” and the date 20 August 1957. The photographer was Warren K. Leffler. It is frame 25 of contact sheet Job no. 986C in the U.S. News & World Report collection.

The log-book title uses “trial” loosely. The session was a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, not a trial. On that day Hoffa was sworn and gave his first testimony to the committee, printed in Part 13 of the hearings.

itemMcClellan Committee hearings, Part 13: James R. Hoffa's first testimony (20 to 23 August 1957)The hearing at which James R. Hoffa first testified before the select committee. Sworn on 20 August 1957, he identified himself as "a business representative and a vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters."

itemJimmy Hoffa before the McClellan Committee, right hand raised, 24 January 1961 (Library of Congress)U.S. News & World Report photograph by John T. Bledsoe of Teamster President James "Jimmy" Hoffa standing with his right hand raised before the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management, 24 January 1961. A copy is stored here.

itemJimmy Hoffa speaking to reporters after a congressional hearing, 1 February 1963 (Library of Congress)Marion S. Trikosko's U.S. News & World Report photograph of Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa at a bank of microphones, interviewed by reporters after testifying at a congressional hearing on 1 February 1963. A copy is stored here.