Unique archive of legal materials belonging to William A. Dougherty, the acting attorney for Jimmy Hoffa, who sought to extend a subpoena requiring Hoffa to appear for testimony in district court in the Southern District of California on February 6, 1963. The archive is highlighted by an affidavit, signed “James R. Hoffa,” one page, 8.5 x 13, dated February 5, 1963, in which Hoffa lists his reasoning behind the requested delay, certifying that he is “presently engaged in labor-management negotiations covering several thousand members in the Philadelphia area” as well as a “serious problem in connection with the bonding of our thousands of union officials and personnel throughout the United States.” Included is a United States District Court document, dated October 18, 1962, which names Hoffa as a likely partner to public relations man Nate Stein, who “unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly…corruptly endeavor to influence, intimidate and impede a witness Joel Benton…in connection with an inquiry and investigation…on improper activities in the Labor or Management Field.” Also included are four copies of the affidavit; court exhibits listing the three successive court date extensions; a bound reporter’s transcript of the initial proceedings on February 4, 1963; several handwritten pages concerning Hoffa’s court appearance, presumably in the hand of Dougherty; and various receipts for legal fees. The majority of material bracket-bound in a manila legal folder. In overall very good to fine condition. Accompanied by several newspaper clippings related to Hoffa, the case, and the ongoing bond deals within the Teamsters Union.
Three weeks after his initial subpoena, Hoffa appeared before a Los Angeles court on February 27, 1963, rendering his testimony before a federal grand jury in support of the indicted Nate Stein. The case accused Stein of inducing advertising man Joel Benton to falsify a 1958 affidavit to the McClellan labor rack committee, which involved the subsequent endorsement of four Teamster checks for a purported counting of trucks operating routes between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Hoffa testified that the checks were issued as a result of statements received from Benton by the Teamster’s Local 299 in Detroit, and that Stein must have requisitioned the truck count to a separate party. Despite Hoffa’s warm testimony, in which he referred to Stein as a friend, the latter was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to three years in jail. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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