# Jimmy Hoffa before the McClellan Committee, right hand raised, 24 January 1961 (Library of Congress)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/loc-2026160448-jimmy-hoffa-oath-1961/

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.

The Library of Congress titles this photograph "[Teamster President James "Jimmy" Hoffa standing with right hand raised while appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management, also known as the "McClellan Committee"] / JTB." The record gives the date as 24 January 1961.

Hoffa appears here as a labor leader before a Senate committee. The record does not charge him with any organized-crime role, and this archive files the photograph as hearing context, not under any family.

The photograph is in the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. The copy stored here is the Library's service JPEG.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division: https://www.loc.gov/item/2026160448/