United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers

PICARD, District Judge.

Motion to dismiss the indictment in the above matter, each of its four counts alleging a separate violation of Section 610, Title 18 of the U.S.C.A., Federal Corrupt Practices Act, prohibiting political expenditures by labor unions. The pertinent section is set out in the appendix together with the Act’s definitions of “expenditure” and “contribution”. Section 591.

Here the specific charge is that the “expenditure" violation came in connection with the selection of candidates for a senator and representatives to the United States Congress during the 1954 primary and…