PROBLEM OF THE NEEDY STUDENT See rage 4 / l~tr 7!Iatt CLOUDY, WARMER Latest Deadline in the State I VOL. LXVII, No. 107 ANN ARBOR, MICMGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957 EIGHT PAGES Teamsters Aid in Defeat Of Politician Failure to Cooperate iCosts Mayor Election WASHINGTON ()-Senate in vestigators were told yesterday the Teamsters Union helped de feat a mayor of Portland, Ore because he didn't cooperates it plans to expand the city's vic operations. James B. Elkins, a Portland gambler, also testified that unio bosses were involved in an at tempt to set up a $100,000 a yea punchboard monopoly in Port land. Elkins said that in 1955 he wa a front man for a combination o Teamsters Union officials and racketeers who hoped to branc out from Portland and "take ove: the whole State of Oregon." Investigating Committee He told his story on a specia Senate committee which ha opened a broad investigation o: alleged racketeering in iabor groups and industry. As a front man, Elkins said, he was being pressured to open up -nore gambling joints, houses of prostitution, punchboard opera- tions and the like in Portland. He said he told them it couldn't be done while the police kept raid- ing places as soon as they were opened. Elkins testified he was told the combination would have Clyde Crosby, international organizer of the Teamsters in Oregon, see Mayor Fred L. Peterson "and tell him to change the chief of police if he wouldn't play ball." Mayor Defeated The witness said the police chief, whom he identified as James Purcell, stayed in office but Mayor Peterson was defeated for reelection and succeeded by Mayor Terry D. Shrunk. "So they weren't successful in *emoving the police chief, were they?" asked Sen. Joseph R. Mc- Carthy (R-Wis), a committee member." "No, but they were successful in getting the mayor defeated," El- kins replied. Russell Calls Mid-East Plan