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Trust Fundfoundation for the upkeep of the home at 451 N. 8th St., and to finance its educational pro-Created forgram.Debs ProjectMaintenance of the EugeneV. Debs home on North EighthBemdt, Tilford E. Dudley, AFL-CIO speakers’ bureau director, and Alexander Book-staber, AFL-CIO financial advisor and investment expert, were named to the three-member trustee panel. Dudley is also one of the foundation directors.St. and perpetuation of an educational program in Debs’ memory were assured Sunday whenofficials of the Eugene V. DebsThe initial sum was also swelled by several other gifts received during the day, most of them ranging from $50 to $100.Foundation voted to establish a trust fund with an expected $25,000 endowment.The fund was begun by the board’s appropriation of $5,000 from the foundation’s general fund to which two $1,000 giftswere added—one presented by foundation President Patrick C.During the two-hour board meeting, it was decided that the restoration of the bedroomof Mrs. Debs and the refurnishing of the upstairs hall in the Debs home at 451 N. 8thSt., would be the next project.Visit Debs’ GraveGorman in behalf of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of Americawhich he serves as secretary-treasurer.The other check, announced by William Hollis, foundation treasurer, was received from the United Auto Workers whose Region 3 director, Ray Berndt, is the foundation’s vice president.At 2 p.m. Sunday the directors and about 50 other persons journeyed to Highland Lawn Cemetery to place baskets of white carnations on the gravesof Debs and his wife. White carnations were Debs’ favoriteConserve for Business.Establishment of the fund was accomplished Sunday during thesemi-annual board of directors meeting in the Terre Haute House, according to Ned A. Bush Sr., foundation executive vice president. He explained that provisions attendant to thetrust fund provide that theprincipal will remain intactflowers.The flowers were placed on the graves by Gormon, who delivered a short eulogy.Marguerite Debs Cooper, 1819 Ohio St., a niece of Debs and his only living blood relative, was present at the ceremony in the cemetery.Sunday’s activities followed a weekend observance during which the Debs home was formally dedicated. An address by former Socialist Party leaderNorman Thomas Saturday nighthighlightedwhile the interest on invest-! TURKEY GREECEments would be used by the! 'WAPNFH RY RIKKSI,000 GIFT TO DEBS FOUNDATION-A check for $1,000 to the Eugene V. Debs Foundation was presented Sunday by Patrick C. Gorman, (right) president of the Foundation,to Ned A. Bush, Sr., executive vice-president. The gift was made by Mr. Gorman fromthe Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America of which heis international secretary-treasurer. The presentation was made at the semi-annual meeting of the board of directors of the Foundation held at the Terre Haute House.JuryChosenToTryHoHaCHICAGO iiP — After two weeks of lawyers bickering, a jury of eight men and four women has been empaneled to hearthp $90-millinn fraud and rnnsniraev trial nf .Tamps R Mnffa$20 million in fraudulent loans from the Teamsters Union pension fund and diverting $1 million to their personal use. Hoffa is a trustee of the fund.The jury consists of eight union members. One is a Negro. Jurors range in age from24 to 64.The jurors were selected from 561 veniremen, many of whom were excused for cause after
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Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Mon, May 11, 1964
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