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yearsIIominillcvWASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (AP — McClellan confirmed reportsiand added:Sen. .John L. McClellan, D-Ark., that he was one of a group flown “He can become a most valuable said today he has questioned mob- to Ft. Monmouth Sunday under witness in our hearings. There are ster Joseph Valachi at Ft. Mon- extraordinary precautions so elab-jmany potential leads in his testi-mouih, N.J., and found him “gen- orate the Army closed the Mon-jmony,”erally willing to talk.” mouth landing field to civilian McClellan declined to give de-Valachi is to be a star witness traffic for a period. The closing tails. It was learned from others, at hearings planned to start some- of the field and its use by a then- however, that he regarded the time toward mid-September be- unidentified plane led to reports meeting with Valachi more in the fore McClellan’s Senate investiga- that Valachi was being trans- nature of a preliminary session tions subcommittee. ferred to a new hiding place. which gave both him and the motr-The public hearings originally It was reported, meanwhile, ster a chance to appraise eachhad been planned for early Sep- that plans are being worked out othertember, but it was understood the to bring Valachi to Washington One source described it this start may bo postponed to permit sometime in advance of the hear- way:,2 checking on information Valachi mg. McClellan refused to discuss “The senator did a lot of listen-is providing on gangland opera- this. He said merely that he plans mg and did not attempt at thisL tions to question Valachi in more detail point to pry for informationValachi, enraged w'ben he be- sometime before the hearings but Valachi seemed not yet ready to came convinced that his former that it wmuld be up to the Justice discuss. Thev will meet again lat-r IfNew York crime syndicate bosses Department to determine where were planning to kill him, has be- this would take place, come an informer for the Justice • • •er, and then it will be more in nature of a real interroga-U°n.Department, FBI. Narcotics Bur-; McClellan said he talked with “Valachi impressed us as gen-eau and the subcommitteeValachi for more than two hours, ©rally being willing to tell, may-Spendingbe not everything he knows, hut to give information without undue reservation, considering this wasa first meeting ”• • •idetesmdBalance of TrudeAccompanving McClellan on the trip were two staff aides. JeromeS. Adlerman, counsel to the subcommittee. and Laveme Duffy,assistant counsel, and William Ba!By SAM I)/AP Business News Analystart*That $.3 billion surplus of ex- Hundley, chief of the organized ports over imports more than dis- cnmo section of the Justice De NEW YORK (AP)—Uncle Sam appears when you add in U.S. Partrnent s criminal division continues to push his exports well spending abroad for foreign aid in The New York Daily News.of above his imports but also sends grants or loans, for its military which first reported McClellan's a an increasingly larger number of forces, private travel, and private)meeting with Valachi, said the,(,n dollars abroad than he gets hack investment and hank loans. So foreigners' holdings of dollar • •op-mobster was still under maximum security guard at Ft. Monmouthareclaims against him have gone up Americans hav been buying in- Monday night
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Wed, Aug 21, 1963
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