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-—- TT Rr. = ——~ ae Nee eee ae TR ra ee re . 2 ee ca _— ee el i og - St meme fe ens a ee . - oo: ~ wa eS ed “ netobe 4 C: ) Page #2 Wre. Franklin BD. Rocsevelt, TP Owmers of the Yarner-Tamble Company are said to have gotten "their start in prohibition days wanufacturing corn liquwr and bought a few enall tugs to trans- port their liquor into Wemphis*. Later they added to their eqiipaent and “now have opverel bosts operating legally.* -- One other clue connected with Cotton's dieappearance is reported to me as follows; C. ©, Culp, “arshell of Test Yeuphis, Arkansas, “was the subject of | a Grand Jury investigation last sxmmer, Ye was accused of collecting illegal forfeits and other similar acte." Tre afternoon before Cotton disappeared Vr. Culp “drove aboard the Yarner-Terminal and conferred with Russell *arner and Reraan Tantle. ‘hen Yr. Culp left he was followed by Nersan Tanble in his oar across the river, ‘ussell Warner immediately left the terainal in « enall speed boat and met the other two a few feet north of the Farahan Sighway "ridges, on the Arkanses side of the Wiseissippi River. It should be noted that the approach to the Pridge is several miles long and the place these aen met is merely a trail and only used by a few motorists wishing to part without the oudlic seeing then.* Wy informant believes that Cotton was carried acrose the River and disposed of by weighting his bedy and throwing it in. This is believed to be the accepted formula for getting rid of troublesome employees. Case of ¥atthew Filliians, Negro vice-president of Intemational Jong- shorenen's Local at Yest Kentucky Coal Co, - . The report to me on this case is as follows; Wilitans was discharged © by the Feat Kantucky Coal Company more than a year ago for wmion activity. Charges were presented to the Labor Board by the Longshoremen's Union, Sowetine last sumer the lator Board ordered the Company to post notices that the Union had the right to represent the workers, etc. As the Company failed to post the notices at the proper tine, Wiliiame was active in bringing tnia failure to the attention of John R. Suith, » Labor Board representative from the Atlanta office, The following week Willians waa picked wu at his home on Texas Street by a eruising police sqad car and taken to the police station. The sergeant on duty said Wo Fillians *you are a troublesaker and the best thing for you to do ig to cateh a cotton picking truck and go te Arkansas and not be caught the streete of Memphis again." Following this, Williams disappeared and on . aes was not seen or heard of for sone tine. . I mderstant that he returned to Weuphis ©“: either in Yovesber or Decexbers Thies case is mentioned merely as a type of intimidation that is carried on by police and one which involves defiance of the National Labor Relations fot. Tote “Sat. Tl oo ae ee ~~ nee w eee ve te ee ee +