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INVOLVrIIENT OF JACK RUBY IN UNION KILLING IN 1939

Jack Ruby, who was then known as Jack Rubenstein,

was employed by Local 20467 of the Scrap rran and Junk Handler

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Union in Chicago, Illinois, from 1937 to 1940 am a union

organizer.

Attorney Leon Cooke, who wale the union's financial

secretary, was shot on December 1, 1939, by the union's

president, John Martin. Cooke died of the wounds on

January 5, 1910. Martin was subsequently acquitted on the

ground of self-defense.

Ruby had been a friend of Cooke's. Indications

were that after the killing, Ruby was so upset that he was

unable to devote himself further to union activities and left

its employ.

Information regarding this is on page 718 of the

"warren Commission Report' (attached).

Commission Exhibit 1235 (attached) is an PHI investi-

gative insert which contains information that an extensive

search of the records of the Chicago Police Department did

sot reflect any reference to John Martin, Jack Ruby or

Rubenstein, or to the murder of Leon Cook....

Conrission Exhibit 1236 (attached), contains the

results of a November 25, 1963, check of the records of the

'Chicago Tribune" newspaper morgue by the 715/. An article

was found which stated Cook died on January 5, 1940. It

states that Cook went to the union offices oa December 9,

1939, and while talking to Martin, was shot as a result of

an argument involving the amount of pay Oven to union

members. The article points out that Cook went to the

hospital under his own power and gave a 'statement to the

effect that while talking with Martin, Martin became

angry, pulled a gun and shot him. In his trial, Martin

maintained that he shot Cook in self-defense as it was

Cook who had the gun. Martin's secretary testified she

saw the two man arguing and struggling, but could mot see

who had the gun or how it was fired.

This article states that much of the Laformatioa

about this matter Omen from Jack Rubenstein on December 9,

1939.

A second article reports that on January 16, 1940,

Martin was freed of the Charges of murdering Cook_.

count prices.)" One of his closest. Chicago friends stated that Ruby's

sales and promotions were "shady" but "legitimate." '4* - . „

Labor union activitie*.—Ruby reported that in "about 1937" he be-

came active in Local 20467 of the Scrap Iron and Junk Handlers

'Union)" At this time, his friend, attorney Leon Cooke, was the

local's financial secretary.'" Records provided by the Social Security

Admini_RTation indicate that Ruby was employed by the union from

late 1937 until early 1940; '" he worked as a union organizer and nego-

tiated with employers on its behalf."' On December 8, 1939, the union's president, John Martin, shot

Cooke, who died of gunshot wounds on January 5, 1940; Martin was

subsequently acquitted on the ground of self-defense.'" Although a

Jack Rubenstein is mentioned in the minutes of a union meeting on

February 2, 1940,1" and Ruby is reported to have said after Cooke's

death that he wanted to "take over" the union,'" the evidence indicates

that Ruby was so upset by Cooke's death that he was unable to devote

him .if further to union activities and left its employ."s Ruby re-

ported that after Cooke's death he adopted the middle name "Leon,"

which be used only infrequently, in memory of his friend.'"

Since Ruby was the ultimate source of all but one of these accounts,"

other descriptions of Ruby's separation from the union cannot with

certainty be deemed inaccurate. These reports indicated that Ruby

might have been forced out of the union by a criminal group, or might

have left because he lacked the emotional stability necessary for sucess-

f-u.1 labor net or because he felt he was not earning enough

money with the union.' Although the AFL–CIO investigated the ethical practices of kcal

2€467. in 19r,6, placed the local in trusteeship, and suspended Paul

Dorfman. who succeeded Martin and Cooke, there is no evidence that

Ruby's union activities were connected with Chicago's criminal de-

ment.'n Several longtime members of the union reported that it had

a good rtpatation when Ruby was affiliated with it "" and employers

who neguiated with it have given no indication that it had criminal

con.nectio,-..s.1" Subrteril employment. —In 1941, Ruby and Harry Epstein or- .

ganized t.iie Spartan Novelty Co., a small firm that sold in various

northeaAena States small cedar chests containing candy and gambling

devices kr....wn as punchboards."* Earl Ruby and two of Jack Ruby's

friends, \firtin Gimpel and Martin Shargol, were also associated in

this venrare. The group had no fixed addresses, hying in hotels.'

Late in 1941. Jack Ruby returned to Chicago. where he continued

his punch board business through the niails.'" Following the Decem-

ber 7, attack on Pearl Harbor, he and several friends decided

to design and sell plaques commemorating the Day of Infamy. How-

ever, the venture was impeded by Ruby's perfectionistic approach to

details of design which resulted in numerous production delays.'"

By the time Ruby's copyrighted plaque "4 was finally ready for sale,

the market was Hooded with similar items'" At about this time,

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INSIDE LABOR Release on 1:tec

By Victor Riesel Dispatched 10/14/75

The Untouchables:

Where Congressional Probe of

Jack Ruby Could Lead

WASHINGTON -- There are many money-making cult

s

not the least of which is that of the assassin

ation

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worshippers. This cult now is cheering into

action a congressional committee's probe of Ja

ck

Ruby, the late small-time Dallas hood (a Chica

go transplant)

who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, who murdered Jac

k Kennedy

according to two of the world's most scientifi

c ballistic

experts.

Bravo to the investigation. It will disappoi

nt the

cult. But if the controlling investigative-p

rone

Congressmen and women persist in following all

leads --

they'll get to an amazing conglomerate of vio

lence-

-venders such as the Capone mob. And to the

late Jimmy

Hoffa. And to his late buddy, the thick-neck

ed Paul

"Red" Dorfman, whose son Allen has for years m

ade

millions of dollars out of the now heavily inv

estigated

Teamsters Central States, South East, South We

st pension

fund. Chicago-based, of course.

Inside Labor - 0/14/75 2

At this point I do believe the congressional

committee will lose ardor, steam and indignation. The

probe could uncover political ramifications -- on the

majority's own side.

It's a simple trail they'll find unwinding: back

in 1938 somebody staked Jack Ruby to a few bucks so he

could go into the waste material handlers' union business.

He got what's called an AFL federal local charter (now

out of existence). Junk, waste-handling and garbage

meats are lucrative items. So one day Ruby's union

associate found himself dead. Ruby then was secretary-

-treasurer. Then he got word from the "mob." Get out.

He did. Soon Paul "Red" Dorfman was the federal local's

secretary-treasurer. And Ruby got himself a Dallas bar

close to the only two tolerable hotels in the center of

town. Ruby got to be a police buff. He was not an FBI

undercover man. As a bar owner he heard things and an

FBI agent would drop around occasionally with a question

or two.

Meanwhile Red Dorfman prospered in Chicago.

Why not? According to at least one federal report he

was close to the Al Capone mob. And a liaison between

Inside Labor 10/14/75 x x x beg. . Page 3

it and some old-time labor people and political circles.

Red was an effective money-raiser for the powers that

were, locally and nationally.

Red Dorfman was accepted and wooed. During the

1951 AFL San Francisco convention he was lionized in the

posh Fairmount Hotel. He was the harbinger of a new

day and new character who had just become a Teamsters

vice president -- James Riddle Hoffa. One evening Dorfman

got a little rough in one corridor encounter with

someone who didn't happen to know Jimmy at the time but

had reflected on his muscle days in Detroit, Minneapolis,

and a foray into Miami.

"Jimmy's my buddy, my partner," Dorfman said

truculently.

• This was followed by a swift one-two query: "Do

you think we're bums?"

Affirmative. But since the Fairmount was a

busy hotel, and deservedly prestigious, Dorfman didn't

swing, he just pushed, grunting, "No one can say that

about my partner Jimmy."

There was what Karl Marx called an economic determinism

co-mingled with this fraternal bond. Hoffa was rising

Inside Labor - 10/14/75 x x x risinc Page 4

swiftly. Soon he was able to put Allen Dorfman virtually

in charge of overseeing multi-million-dollar loans from

the big Central States pension fund, (now totalling

about $1.4 billion) and now the most heavily investigated

target in government law agencies.

Dorfman also was close to some of the tough

syndicate men in the East -- namely the so-called Luchese

(Three Fingers Brown) Mafia crowd.

This mob co-mingled with the racket crowd in the

strategic trucking industry -- which will soon be exposed

by Bill Aronwald, chief of the Justice Department anti-

-organized crime strike force in New York's southern

district. The grand jury is about to hand down more

indictments.

• But back to Paul Dorfman, whom Jack Ruby always

feared. Dorfman used to work out of the Hampshire House

on New York's Central Park South. Nothing small or

miserly about Red. He was big-time even after the

AFL-CIO lifted his charter in 1957 and turned the field

over to one of its big affiliates. Dorfman sure had power

across the Northeast and Midwest states. What the

Congressional committee can do even at this late date is to

Inside Labor - .0/14/75

x x x to age 5

dig into that power. If we're going back to 1963 and

Jack Ruby, this might be the choice chance to shovel into

long-buried channels -- used by some of the nation's

most powerful combines.

Allen Dorfman, still of Chicago, was convicted in

1972 for taking finder's fee kickbacks in the winning of

loans from the big Central States fund.

There's all that money in the central pension fund

-- and yet the congressional subcommittee is wasting time

in futile digging into Jack Ruby, the police "go-for."

Meaning he would bring in coffee and delicatessen sandwiches.

Ruby wasn't involved in any "cut out" part of an assassination

plot. He had just come in from the Western Union

telegraph office that traumatic afternoon.

Had he remained a few minutes longer or arrived

earlier he'd have seen Oswald's backside going into the

police car. Instead, Ruby milled around down in the

police garage ramp bottom. He shot spontaneously --

out of religious fervor thinking himself an avenging

"angel" with flaming bullet.

It's Ruby's Chicago connections, many of them dead

ng doubt, which would give this nation a fascinating

Inside Labor - :0/14/75

x x x fasciing Page 6

glimpse into an era which has been so romantically covered

by the movies. One more thought: if that Chicago

political machine had not been so powerful in 1960

-- and if Dick Nixon had won a few more Midwestern

electoral votes -- history would have been different for

the tragic Kennedys.

(All Rights Reserved)

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november 14, 1,75

1 - Mr. Callahan 1 - Kr. Jenkins 1 - Mr. Adams 1 - Mt. Gallagher

A - Mr. Cooks 1 - Mt. O'Connell

- Kr. Mettles 1 - Kr. Mints 1 .7 Mr. Moore 1.- Mr. Mannall

The kttorney General

Director, FBI

SUBCOAITTEE ON CIVIL AND

CONSTITDTIORAL RIGHTS

HOUSe. CONVIITTEE ON

THE JUDICIARY

Fo

Mere is enclosed herewith for approval and

forwarding to the above-captioned Subcommittee the

original of a memorandum which constitutes the FBI's

response to the portion of a letter of October

from the Su

A oopy of the memorandum is being fez-wished

you for your records.

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anclosures (2)

1 - The Deputy Attention:

Attorney General Kr. Michael M. Skahsen, Jr.

Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination

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1 - Kr. Callahan - Mr. Jeakins

1 Mr. Adams 1 - Mr. Gallagher 1 - Mr. COCoenell 1 -Mr. Cooke _ Mr. Nettles - Mr. Mints

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November 24r, 1975

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND CONST/TUTIONAL RIGHTS SOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

RE: CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT NUMBER 55513

By letter of October 29, 1975, the

Edwards, Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil and

Ri•hts, House Comm

The cago Po oft

par nt advises that t wo •ssible to attempt to

retrieve a file based on its number, as report numbers are

recurrent annually and are not used for indexing purposes.

Their Report Number 55113 was located, however, on October 22,

1975, in a packet assembled in response to a November 25, 1963,

letter from the Dallas, Texas, Police Department. This Report

Number 55113 applies to the substance of the inquiry. The

detective report is also included in this packet. No 'tickler*

or other notation was found on any of the files of the Chicago

Police Department in this natter asking that the PEI be notified

if any inquiries or requests were made concerning the files.

Additionally, James McGuire, Director of Records, Chicago Police

Department, has advised that be is unaware of any such stop or

notation.

Ift.:Ayl (13) NOTE: See Page 2

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL AND

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

No information pertaining to any such "tickler' or

notation ever being placed on the Chicago Police Department

files pertaining to this matter is known to FBI Headquarters

or the Chicago Field Office.

Director McGuire was advised that the FBI had

caused Chicago Police Department records to be checked on

November 27, 1963, regarding John Martin, Jack Ruby (and

Rubenstein), and the murder of Leon Cooke; and no record

had been found identifiable with any of them. Re stated the

reason a record check regarding Martin was negative on

November 27, 1963, was that Martin was not arrested and

therefore would not have been indexed. Ruby (Rubenstein)

and Cooke would not have been indexed since names of witnesses

and victims were not indexed in 1939.

%0TL: See memoranda's to the Attorney General, dated

captione °Subcor-zittee on Civil and Constitutional

Riqhts, House Comnsittee on the Judiciary."

A previous Liim dated 11/7/75, was prepared in this

sitter which include", PD-302s pertaining to the checks

conductor,: at the Chicago Police Department. SA Paul V. Daly,

Legal Counsel Division, hes advised that a decision has been

made not to subrsit YD-102s to the Subcommittee. Accordingly,

this current laktwas prepared as a replacement.

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Jr. 1 - The Deputy Attorney General Attention: Mr. Michael E. Shaheen

Special Counsel for . Intelligence Coordinat

Enclosures #4}

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• • •

The1\torney General

Diractdt, FRI

SURCOMMIT ON CIVIL AND COaSTITUTIOT RIGHTS ROUSE CO ITT ON THE JUDICIARY

, sr. Callahan 1 ..- Mr. Janata& 1 - J. Adams 1 -Gallegker. - NUN O'Comaell .. Kr. Cook: - Pr. Mettles - M. Miats

1 - hr. Moore 1 - Kr. Mansell

Movember4; 1975

__ There is s lased herewith for approval and

forwarding to the AboVe7captioned Subcommittee the original

1-4f- -; of a memorandum which oonstitutes

the FBI's response to th portion of • letter of

October 29 1975 from th\

A copy of the um 4mm+-fito-etteehmenti

is being furnished you for your *cord'.

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November V, 1975

SUBCOMMITTEE ON (ANIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

RE: CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT NUMBER 55513

By letter of October 29, 1975, the Honorable Don

Edwards, Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional

Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, requested certain

material and information to augment the record of the

"rte oed,Srd e 6Copt:

Attached is a memorandum prepared by the FBI,

Chicago, Illinois, on October is re nsive

to that

e c memorandum, cago o f co

Department advises that it would be impossible to attempt

to retrieve a file based on its number.. Their Report Number

55113 was located, however, in a packet assembled in response

to a November 25, 1963, letter from the Dallas, Texas, Police

Department. This Report Number 55113 applies to the

:substance of the inquiry. No "tickler" or other notation

was found on any of the files of the Chicago Police Department

in this matter asking that the FBI be notified if any

inquiries or requests were made concerning the files.

Enclosure NOTE, gee Page 2 .

SUBC0'1,1=1TE c" CrviL p_np

C0';STITUTIONAL PIGHTf; BO S' CWTITTFE OV

THE JUDICIARY

It is realized that some of the material contained

in the attached October 30, 1975, memorandum is illegible.

The copies of this material received from the Chicago Police

Department were likewise of a poor quality and difficult

to reproduce. Thera does appear to be sufficient legible

material, however, to fulfill the Subcomnittee's request.

MOTE: See memorandum to the Attorney General, dated

11/7/75, captioned 'Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional

Rights, Rouse Committee on the Judiciary,' MENdyl.

Inclosed Chicago letterhead memorandum of 10/30/75,

was forwarded to Bureau by airtel of sane date. The

investigation contained therein was conducted on instructions

of ruin) followinc teetiamony of Mr. Adams on 10/21/75.

Other requests contaimeii in 101/29/75, letter from the

Suhcolinittee are being handled senarately.

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