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4 ‘4 V/ LA 92-113 BROPHY (probably R. L. BROPHY) and recalled that BROPHY was severely beaten sometime during early 1940. He said BROPHY was the son- in-law of RAGEN (probably JAMES RAGEN) and.ppat he, ROSELLI, backed away from the wire service after BROPHY had been beaten, Re said he did not know who beat up BROPHY. He recalled that BROPHY's service was called the L. A. Journal, but BROPHY went out of business when the telephone company refused service to them. He said that he acted as a consultant for BROPHY for the few months he worked for him. Concerning the Nationwide Wire Service, ROSGLLI said that ANNENBERG was the manager and RAGEN had a large interest in it. ROSELLI said he had received monthly checks amounting to from $500.00 to $2,000.00 per month and that this amounted to p# from 2% to 10% of NORMILE's monthly profit. 7H Tllegal Union Activities - Extortion =t has been previously reported in this investigation that ROSELLI, in 1943, was convicted with six others on a conspiracy charge of extorting money from the movie industry. One of the means used was for the studios to pay certain sums of money each month or yearly for insurance against labor strikes. In testimony before the Kefauver Committee, ROSELLI said that he represented, you might say, the picture industry; that. he worked for FAT CASEY, who was Labor Conciliator for the industry, and that about 1941 or 1942 he was indicted with others on a conspiracy charge. He said he met WILLIAM BIOFF and GEORGE BROWNE about 1935, 1936 or 1937; that in their negotiations on the West Coast, BIOFF was running industry to his own liking. ROSELLI said he did discuss this with PAT CASEY and there were "wild and woolly" rumors about this man, SIOFF, getting money. ROSELLI said he was very friendly with HARRY COHEN (COHN - President of Columbia Studios) on whom BIOFF called a one-day Strike, and ROSELLI was successful in getting the strike called off. ROSELLI said he could do this because COHN knew that ROSELLI knew BIOFF and BROWNE through racetrack meetings. - 25 -