United States "FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 26, 1998 Serial No. 105-86 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce 55-063 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1999 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina BILL E. BARRETT, Nebraska PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan HOWARD P. “BUCK” McKEON, California MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware SAM JOHNSON, Texas JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina CHARLIE W. NORWOOD, JR., Georgia BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania NATHAN DEAL, Georgia VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri GEORGE MILLER, California DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California MAJOR R. OWENS, New York DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey PATSY MINK, Hawaii ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT, Virginia LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto-Rico RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts LORETTA SANCHEZ, California E367 HEARING ON FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF Thursday, March 26, 1998 House of Representatives, Committee on Education Washington, D.C. TABLE OF CONTENTS TESTIMONY OF ROBERT G. DERUSHA, FORMER INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS.............................................. 11 TESTIMONY OF JOEL LEFEVRE, SECRETARY-TREASURER/PRINCIPAL OFFICER, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 840 18 APPENDIX B - WRITTEN STATEMENT OF SAM THEODUS, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS................... 67 APPENDIX C - WRITTEN STATEMENT OF ROBERT G. DERUSHA, FORMER |