Excerpt from Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Vol. 36: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Eighty-Fifth Congress, Second Session On the basis of previous testimony before this committee, replete with improper practices and conduct on the part of Mr. Hoffa and some of his associates, a serious question has arisen in the minds of the committee as to Mr. Hoffa's motivation and the direction and leadership he proposes to give this great and important union. As spelled out in the committee's interim report, the evidence had shown that in numerous instances Mr. Hoffa has alined himself with certain underworld characters, who are a part and parcel of the crimi nal elements and most sinister forces in this country. When he testified before the committee, Mr. Hoffa said he would attempt to divest himself of some of his associations and give this union the character and quality of leadership and administration worthy of the importance and high purposes of this great labor organization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.