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1960-03-28

U.S. Government Publishing Office, govinfo: U.S. Congressional Serial Set, S. Rept. 86-1139

Final Report of the McClellan Committee, Part 3, S. Rept. 86-1139 (March 1960): the criminal syndicate, and Hoffa

Part 3 of the committee's final report, ordered printed 28 March 1960. It finds that "underworld infiltration of business and labor is a national problem" and restates its findings on James R. Hoffa, adding that it had found him "faithless to the members of his own union."

Date
1960-03-28
Kind
hearing
Source
U.S. Government Publishing Office, govinfo: U.S. Congressional Serial Set, S. Rept. 86-1139
Retrieved
2026-10-12
Docket
S. Rept. No. 1139, 86th Cong., 2d sess., Part 3 (1960)
Rights
A report of the United States Senate, printed by the Government Printing Office. Public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Read from the govinfo Serial Set PDF. No page image is stored here; the PDF is about 470 MB and holds Parts 1 to 4.

The final report of the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field was filed in four parts in February and March 1960. Part 3 was ordered printed on 28 March 1960. By then the masthead notes that Robert F. Kennedy had resigned as chief counsel on 6 September 1959.

Its chapter “The Criminal Syndicate” begins with the gathering at Apalachin, N.Y., on 14 November 1957. It says “There were 58 known hoodlums in attendance,” of whom 50 had arrest records and 35 had convictions, and it tallies their legitimate businesses: coin machines, garment manufacturing and trucking, groceries, taverns and restaurants, olive oil and cheese, construction and others. Its findings (p. 509) state: “The committee’s hearing into the activities of the criminal syndicate has firmly convinced the members that underworld infiltration of business and labor is a national problem.”

The chapter on Hoffa and the Teamsters in 1959 quotes the 1958 interim findings, and then the second interim report (S. Rept. 86-621), which says: “Time and time again the committee has found Hoffa to be faithless to the members of his own union” (pp. 723-724). The second interim report is quoted here only as Part 3 prints it; it has not been opened as its own record.

These are findings of a Senate committee, not of a court.

itemInterim Report of the McClellan Committee, S. Rept. 85-1417 (March 1958)The select committee's report on its first year, ordered printed 24 March 1958. It finds that Dave Beck "took, not borrowed, more than $370,000 in union funds" and that James R. Hoffa "repeatedly betrayed the members of his own union."itemMcClellan Committee hearings, Part 36: Hoffa recalled as general president (5 to 12 August 1958)The committee resumed its inquiry into the Teamsters under James R. Hoffa, by then general president. The chairman's opening statement recalls the interim report's finding that Hoffa had "alined himself with certain underworld characters."itemMcClellan Committee hearings, Part 32: "Mafia" (30 June-3 July 1958)Printed hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Part 32, headed "Mafia." The chairman's opening statement starts with the gathering at Joseph Barbara's home at Apalachin; the first witness is Sgt. Edgar D. Crosswell.itemFinal Report of the McClellan Committee, Part 4, S. Rept. 86-1139 (March 1960): the coin-operated machine industryPart 4 of the committee's final report, ordered printed 31 March 1960, on jukeboxes, pinball and vending machines. It opens: "Alarming examples of criminal domination of legitimate business achieved by using corrupt unions keynoted the committee's extensive hearings."