My journey ends here...
SALINGER Pierre
Date of birth : June 14, 1925, San Francisco.
Date of death : October 16, 2004, Cavaillon, France.
Practise :
reporter.
Story
Investigative reporter in the 50's for the San Francisco Chronicle.
He prepared an article about corruption within the Teamsters Union.
In 1952 he hired Pat Newcomb as chargé of researches; the researches started at the headquarter of Dave Beck's union in Seattle, then at Jimmy Hoffa's place in Detroit.He learned that the Arkansas senator, John L. McClellan, wanted to organize an investigating committee about the shady activities of the union, and it was through Pat Newcomb that he met the secretary of this committee, Robert Kennedy.
In 1956 Robert Kennedy offered him to investigate for the McClellan committee and they settled in Los Angeles in November 1956.
When they arrived, Robert Kennedy contacted Captain James Hamilton, the head of the State Police, in charge of the information.
Darryl Gates, former head of the Los Angeles Police Department, said that, after William Parker's offer, Robert Kennedy settled in the office of the information division at the Los Angeles Police Department.
Bibliography
"Avec Kennedy"; editions Buchet-Chastel; 1967.
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