McClellan Part 33: testimony of Sam Battaglia (11 July 1958), pp. 12774-12781

A witness recorded as Sam Battaglia appeared without counsel, gave an Oak Park residence, and declined on self-incrimination grounds to give his occupation or birthplace. The record does not say he is the Salvatore Battaglia of the 1968 Seventh Circuit opinion.

Date: 1958-07-11
Kind: hearing
Source: Internet Archive, scan of the printed hearings (Boston Public Library copy)
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A work of the United States Congress, printed by the Government Printing Office. Public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Part 33 of the McClellan Committee’s hearings covers the restaurant industry in the Chicago area, July 1958. A witness recorded as “Sam Battaglia” testified on 11 July 1958 (pp. 12774-12781). He appeared without counsel, gave a residence in Oak Park, Illinois, and declined, on self-incrimination grounds, to give his occupation or birthplace. Chief counsel Kennedy suggested that he was born in Chicago in 1909. Exhibit 24, shown in Marshall Caifano’s session, was a photograph of Caifano and Battaglia.

No line in the pages read gives the name “Salvatore.” Whether this witness is the Salvatore Battaglia of United States v. Battaglia (7th Cir. 1968) is not established by any record filed here, so this page is not linked to that person page. Quotations follow the Internet Archive’s OCR of the printed volume. Page numbers are the printed running heads and can be off by one near a page break.

itemMcClellan Part 33: testimony of Marshall Caifano (11 July 1958), pp. 12802-12808Caifano appeared without counsel and declined, on the ground that his answer might incriminate him, every question including his occupation, birthplace and citizenship. Exhibit 24 was a photograph of Caifano and Sam Battaglia.itemUnited States v. Battaglia, 394 F.2d 304 (7th Cir. 1968)Seventh Circuit opinion of January 9, 1968 affirming Hobbs Act extortion-conspiracy convictions of Salvatore Battaglia and Dave Evans, with a dissent by Judge Swygert.