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ee ee ae eee oe ee Phillipg suggested. ‘that hi appearance : was. o1in zB; ithat,; but'-Sinatra; citing a’ ‘hypo othetical headline; re- ‘ated: "Mr: Sinatra Refutes Mafia- Ties," * and: ‘add ed,! "That's charming, isn't ia "It's all hearsay testimo-' ‘ny to begin with, isn't that 40, ¢.. +198 ite on THe xl, |... Oude: he manded,. sounding » -more like the committee counsel than a witness, . - "Yes, it is," Phillips re-! plied, sounding more like! a witness than the com-| mittee counsel. - The committee asked Sinatra about his past in-: terest in the Berkshire Downs race track near Hancock, Mass. He said he had purchased a $55,000 share in 1962, but demand- ed and received the return of his money several months later after Berk- shire Downs, without his knowledge, named him and actor Dean Martin as officers. He said Martin never had an interest. Singira said he invested in the track at the invita- ‘Gall’ of Man isten to the earcorthtt man," ' Sinatra said-as the audience laughed. "A man \I've never, met before has named mie.as an officer. of thig :honky-tonk. -baseball elub and. then. Bays. send the bills tome".< "2 43s) In his. testimony, Rudin, who has, handled Sinatra's investments. for 17. years, / panied a picture of a wealthy entertainer ‘hounded by. investment seekers "in the barroom, in the hotel room, in the dressing room. "Every time Mr. Sinatra plays in a-.club," Rudin said, "he 1s confronted with 10 propositions. a Women in the “audience squealed, cheered and ap- plauded that remark, and Rudin, chuckling, hastened to add that he had meant business propo- sitions. Committee members joined in the laughter. But not Sinatra. He stared at the floor, still grim. Rep. Morgan F. Murphy (D-II) suggested that tion of Samuel A.- Rizzo, Barboza, who is serving a president of Berkshire prison sentence and who Downs. He denied he had was brought from prison been introduced to Rizzo for his testimony in May, by the late Tommy had taken advantage of (Three- Finger Brown) the committee by volun- Lauchese, a New York Ma-teering the testimony fia figure, but said he about Sinatra. could not recall who intro- Sinatra smiled only once duced them. The commit- during the 144-hour hear- tee previously had been ing—near the end when told that Luchese and Pa- Rep. Sam Steiger (R- triarea had a financial in- Ariz.) suggested that a terést in the track. race horse Sinatra‘ewns, Sinatra. said he: met] Delaware Chief, was the Luchese informally sever| only “winner” among sev- al times but had no busi eral race horses the actor ness dealings with him "in| 188. any shape or form.” - Explaining how. people try. to use his name, Sina- When questions about his interest in horse racing persisted, Sinatra asked, i] tra read from a letter Ru. _Would you believe I've din wrote last June 27 tr been to a race track only detective Richard Canas of Salinas, Calif. The lette: denied a claim by a Joseph Vincent Stavile that Sina- tra was president of the "Gold Coast Professional Baseball Club" and that all club bills should be sent in Sinatra's care to the An- thony Sinatra Child . Hos- «pital which Sinatra_en- owed toon imes in my whole