Organizer Waiting on Barrus Employees on Probation for Stealing Union Fends
pi;
by Jack Rider
It is just one of many crude
in the current effort to
ployees of,Bar
Company that
organizer, Aubrey B.
on federal probation
. iding guilty to stealing
funds from the same union by
which he is still employed.
.And it is additional flavor to
this same irony that among the
union-spread rumors about this
writer is that he is opposing
this union effort because he is
in the pay of Barms Construc
tion Company, when this con
fessed thief of union funds in
the last reported year drew from
the union a salary of 113,664.64,
an allowance of $9,966 and) ex
penses amount to $3,600.79; for
a total take for the calendar
year of 1968 of $27,232.43.
How much this poorly paid
union organizer stole is not a
complete matter of record in
the United States District Court
at Charlotte, but he did plead
guilty to one of three charges
of stealing on October f5, 1968
at which time the court sentenc
ed him to a suspended sentence
of two year’s probation and the
payment of a $750 fine.
So in the same year the union
was paying him a total of $27,
232.43 he was in court pleading
guilty in the language of the
court:
"It is adjudged that the de
fendant upon his plea of guilty
to count 3 of 3 counts has, been
convicted of the offense of vio
lation of Title 29, Sections 401
et seq (embezzlement of lebor
union funds, causing false pay
strike list) and false reporting
of finances (count 3) as charged
in count 3 of 3 counts 1 end 2
dismissed and the court heving
asked the defendant whether he
has anything to say why judg
ment should not be pronounc
ad, and no sufficient cause to
the contrary being shown or ap
pearing to the court, It is Ad
judged that the defendant is
guilty as charged and convicted.
It is hereby adjudged that the de
fendant is hereby committed to
the custody of the Attorney Gen
eral or his authorized representa
tive for imprisonment for a per
iod of (imposition of sentence
suspended).. Twenty-four (24)
month probation; pay $750 fine."
The union this confessed thief
represents is the International
Union of Operating Engineers
and it is one of the major unions
in the United States, reported
to have in excess of 300,000
membership.
The latest financial report to
the United States Department of
Labor shows that the union is
very liberal at least with its
employees, having paid its pres
ident $88,220.44- in wages and
expenses in 1968 and having
THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 46
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1970
VOLUME xvn
April 8 Editorial on Radio Stations WFTC and WRNS
Enlist in The War Against Narcotics
Nothing during my lifetime has frightened me worse
or made me madder than the flow of deadly drugs into our
community. I confess that I am like most people — or have
been until now — content to say, "That's a big city prob
lem. It won't hit us here in the sticks." Of course, this
has always been a stupid conclusion but on consecutive
weekends right here in our little country large shipments
of heroin — the most deadly of all deadly narcotics —
have been caught and three people are under indictment.
I feel that this is not simply the problem of the police, or
the SBI, or the sheriff's department. It is the problem of
every man, woman and child in every community . . .
whether in the biggest city or the smallest village. No
family anywhere is exempt from this terror. So this week
I have started in my own way to do something here in
our own community about this. I have $2500 in hand and
it is my intent to underwrite with the help of the people
in our community a $50,000 reward fund. And this money
will be used to pay $500 cash rewards for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of anyone selling or trans
porting these deadly drugs in our county. Money is the
ugly name of this dope peddling business. . . and most of
the pitiful addicts who are used by the higher ups would
sell their soul in hell in order to keep their individual supply
of dope coming. But we have to start somewhere ... we
have to let the little cogs and the big wheels in this vicious
racket know that we mean business and that we intend as a
total community to resist in every way we can this occupa
tion of our area by these enemy forces. So far I have con
fined my effort in raising this reward fund to those able to
pledge $500 each and we here at these radio stations have
pledged $500 to this fund. But I am in the process of having
a limited liability note prepared by lawyers and bankers so
that people may pledge from $100 up to back this effort
to back all our law enforcement agencies. I first tried
—-- doing all the leg work in building up this fund but I
found that I just simply do not have the time to contact as
quickly as I want enough people to pledge this $50,000. So
anyone listening who is willing to pledge $10& or more on
a limited liability note please contact me immediately either
by letter or phone and let me add your name to this fight
to protect our county and I sincerely hope that other counties
will join hands with us in Lenoir in this war against one j
of the most deadly enemies we have ever faced. ,
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LET THAT MAN GO!
Over the wefekend the high
way patrol in Lenoir County
arrested one man that local ra
dio announcers wish had never
been caught in this neck of the
___ ni. 1. AUxul T
CHICKEN CHEATING?
Monday Johnny Moseley of
Griffon route 2 was charged
with the embezzlement of $2,
308,68 from his former employ
er, Colonel Sander’q Fried Chic
ken stand on West Vernon Ave
nue in Kinston. The warrant
was signed by an official of the
company, and alleges the em
over a geveral
igfljBEp " “ " ...
Blue Angels
Are Coming
What it expected to be the
biggest and most exciting avia
tion day in the history of Le
noir County is being held Sun
day at Stallings Field and the
principal attraction will be the
famous "Blue Angels". This
team of Navy flyers has thrilled
millions all over the world with
their formation flying and acro
batics with one of the nation's
fastest and most versatile
iplanes. The program is free.
Food will be available at the
Air Field and low-priced flights
over the Kinston area will be
provided by Piedmont Airlines
during the day.
Kinston Board to
Go Ahead with
Integration Plans
Over the dissenting vote of
Kinston School Board voted 5
to-1 to re-approve its plan to
pair four Kinston schools in or
der to instantly integrate grades
seven through 12 totally in the
1970-71 school year.
Harvey spoke against the move
but was boxed in by a series of
parliamentary tactics by Chair
man Mary Lynn Gay, who ruled
the meeting attended by a ca
pacity audience at Grainger
[ligh School auditorium with
an iron hand and a sarcastic ton
gue.
This plan calls for assignment
of all seventh graders in the
school system to Harvey School,
all eighth gradersi to Adkin Jun
ior, all ninth and tenth graders
to Adkin High and all 11th and
12th graders to Grainger High.
Harvey said it was not in
the educational best interest of
all students involved and was
not necessary under current ad
ministrative and judicial rulings.
Harvey gave one specifc in
stance, on request, of what he
meant when he said academic
standards were being lowered
in this move:
“By order of this school
board next year four white and
four black students must be
chosen as marshals. And I don’t
think this is fkir to either the
white or black students”, he
months period.
stated.
paid all of its officers (includ
ing an eighth vice president a
total of $592,628.96, and the a
forementioned eight vice presi
dent took home $25,604.17 for
holding down that key position
plus another $25,766.81 for be
ing a regional director.
The union also had that af
fluent year 80 other “workers”
whose base salary was in excess
of $10,000, most of whom drew
in excess of another $10,000 for
expenses. One of these was Dix
on and this group of 80 took
home a total of $1,720,395.17
earned by the membership of
their union.
Each of the members of the
union is required to have tak
en1 from his pay $25 for an ini
tiation fee, plus $6 per month,
plus any other assessments or
fees that national or regional
headquarters may order.
For 1968 when the union was
reporting a membership of 300,
000 it only reported an income of
$6,724,669 from its dues and an
other $735,688 from “fees.”
In 1968 it reported a total in
come of $11,493,550 and dis
bursements of $12,189,553.
Among these expenses was $225,
797 for office expenses, $284,957
for educational and publicity ex
penses, $123,639 for profession
al fees, $173,608 in contribu
tions, $241,815 convention ex
penses (at least they know how
tu put uii ymiyf, /,**/<> ior
meetings and conferences, $4,
616 for members attending Har
vard.
At the close of business 1968
the union reported assets total
ling $25,981,059, which included
$10,100 cash on hand, $151,282
cash in banks, $383,740 in ac
counts receivable, $71,900 in
loans receivable, $21,065,407 in
United States Treasury Securi
ties, $50,000 in Mortgage invest
ments, $991,485 in other invest
ments, $2,919,636 in land and
Ibuilddng at 1125 Seventeenth
Street Northwest in Washington,
D. C. and “other assets” listed
at $337,509.
Barrus Construction Company
has about 425 employees who
would be “eligible” to pay the
union their $25 initiation fee
and their i $6 per month dues,
meaning a first year “take” from
these workers of $11,125 in ini
tiation fees and $30,650 in reg
ular dues for a total of $41,775;
thus it is easy to see how and
why the union can pay organiz
ers such as Probationer Dixon
such high wages, plus letting
him steal a little every now and
then.
Every worker on every job
done by Barrus Construction
Company is covered by the fed
eral minimum wage laws, as well
as the laws pertaining to prevail
ing wage scales in which federal
funds participate, which means
that in no instance can Barrus,
or any other road paving con
tractor pay less than the fed
eral minimum wage, or the pre
vailing wage whichever is great
est.
In the last reported year the
union only deposited $852,688
in the general pension fund cov
ering all 300,000 members of the
union.
During this year when the
union bosses were only drop
ping $852,688 in the retirement
kitty of their 300,000 members
they tucked away $312,541 just
for the pension fund of “head
quarters” and dished out a sin
gle juicy $12,533 in retirement
pension to the former general
counsel (head lawyer) of the
crmiin
Salaries and expenses paid to
all union “workers,” including
officers, those paid over $10,000
per year and those few paid less
than $10,000 per year amounted
to $2,804,526 and then on top
of that they had a $241,815
convention.
It would appear on the record
that the most lucrative business
in America today is charging
people for the right to earn a
living.
If more than half of the eli
gible employees of Barrus Con
struction Company are stupid
enough to associate themselves
with this kind of operation they
will be doing just that: Paying
a collection of parasities $72 per
year plus assessments for the
[ right to work for a living.
Jones Candidates
SHERIFF
W. Brown Yates*
Dan Killingsworth
Joe Monette
Walter Cox
M. Eugene (Buddy) Moore
COMMISSIONER
James Barbre*
Charlie Battle*
Micaj a Bonner
Delmas Brown
Charles Copeland
George B Franks
Theodore Hicks
Nick Mallard
Hoyal Miller
Osborne Mallard
Horace B. Phillips*
Charles (Duffy) Smith
Leslie D. Strayhorn
Robert R. Green
Preston Reynolds
Ralph Howard
Donald Bachelor
Lindsey Maness, Ind.
COURT CLERK
F. Rogers Pollock*
Harold B. Hargett Jr.
Arthur Mallard
SCHOOL BOARD
Kleber Bryant
Raeford Becton
Walter Ives*
Marvin Philyaw*
J- C. West Jr.*
John Booth*
Abbott Meadows*
CORONER
George W. Davenport
Jones Murder on
Sunday
A shooting at about 3 Sunday
afternoon at the home of Carrie
Hill on Dover route two near
Wyse Forks resulted in the
death of 33 year-old Robert
Koonce of Kinston route 3, who
died from two .32 caliber pistol
wounds. Jones County authori
ties report that Mack Jerkins
of Trenton route 1 turned him
self in shortly after the shoot
ing and admitted inflicting the
fatal wounds after an argument
between the two at the Hill
home. Jerkins is scheduled to
be given a preliminary hearing
in Jones County District Court
Friday.
CONSTABLE
Maggie Small
S. A'. Norris
SENATE
Charles Larkins Jr.*
Reece B. Gardner
HOUSE
Seat No. 1
Fitzhugh Wallace
Guy Elliott*
John Talbot Capps
Harold W. Hardison
Seat No. 2
Red Tingen
Dan Iilley*
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
Howard Hubbard*
' Walter Henderson
* Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes Republican