Official Urges U.S. to Fund Teamsters Vote

Asserting that organized crime wants to regain influence at the Teamsters Union, a senior Justice Department official asked Congress to continue funding the government’s oversight of the union’s election. Acting Assistant Atty. Gen. John Keeney defended the $17.5 million the government spent on the 1996 election and urged House Republicans to drop opposition to a request for $7.4 million to underwrite a rerun ordered after Teamsters President Ron Carey’s victory was overturned.