Record
Hearing
1958-08-08
Internet Archive, scan of the printed hearings (Boston Public Library copy)
McClellan Part 36: Paul De Lucia (Ricca) and the sale of his Indiana estate to Teamsters locals (8 August 1958)
Chief counsel Kennedy described two Teamsters Local 337 checks of 1956 totalling just under $150,000, marked as payment on the 'Nancette Estate' and endorsed to Paul De Lucia. De Lucia gave his name, said he was retired, and declined every other question.
- Date
- 1958-08-08
- Kind
- hearing
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
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- 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.
In the hearings on James Hoffa and the Teamsters (Part 36), chief counsel Robert Kennedy said on 8 August 1958 (pp. 13575-13584) that the committee was examining a transaction “in connection with the estate of Paul Ricca.” He described (p. 13577) two checks of Teamsters Local 337 of Detroit, numbers 161 and 162, totalling just under $150,000, dated July 27 and August 8, 1956, marked as payment on the “Nancette Estate,” endorsed to the order of Paul De Lucia, and signed “Joseph Bulger, attorney for trust 96.”
De Lucia, with counsel Harry Clifford Allder, gave “Paul De Lucia” as his correct name and said he was retired, and otherwise declined every question on Fifth Amendment grounds, including whether he owned the property at Long Beach, Indiana, or received the money. Committee accountant Jerome Adlerman testified (pp. 13579-13582) that four lots including the main house were conveyed to the Teamsters on July 31, 1956 for $150,000, and the remaining lots only on September 20, 1957, for little consideration, after committee investigators had made inquiries. Pierre Salinger testified (pp. 13582-13583) that the local’s minutes first mentioned the estate months after the checks were drawn.
The statements about ownership are counsel’s and staff’s; the witness answered none of them, and none is a finding. The street address he gave is not repeated. Quotations follow the Internet Archive’s OCR of the printed volume.