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the charges were denied in general terms, but members of the board, with the exception of Hoffa, spurned the Committee’s demand for a reply to specific accusations.

Dave Beck, as spokesman, read a statement to the effect that the board had decided the Teamsters’ Union was too big to be dominated by any single group of individuals, whether corrupt or not! He dismissed some of the accusations as “hearsay,” and said in effect that the Union would handle its own affairs in its own way, without assistance or interference, and that no action would be taken against any official or member who pleaded the Fifth Amendment before any public body including Committees of Congress.

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the charges were denied in general terms, but members of the board, with the exception of Hoffa, spurned the Committee’s demand for a reply to specific accusations.

Dave Beck, as spokesman, read a statement to the effect that the board had decided the Teamsters’ Union was too big to be dominated by any single group of individuals, whether corrupt or not! He dismissed some of the accusations as “hearsay,” and said in effect that the Union would handle its own affairs in its own way, without assistance or interference, and that no action would be taken against any official or member who pleaded the Fifth Amendment before any public body including Committees of Congress.