Before the hearing Reynolds supplied a statement implicating Bobby Baker and Matthew McCloskey in financial corruption. Reynolds also appeared before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on 1st December, 1964.
His testimony came to an end when news arrived that JFK had been assassinated. He suggested that he given $25,000 to Baker in order to get the contract to build the District of Columbia Stadium. Reynolds also provided evidence against McCloskey. Reynolds also told of seeing a suitcase full of money which Baker described as a "$100,000 payoff to Johnson for his role in securing the Fort Worth TFX contract". Reynolds had paperwork for this transaction including a delivery note that indicated the stereo had been sent to the home of Johnson. Reynolds was also told by Walter Jenkins that he had to pay for $1,200 worth of advertising on KTBC, Johnson's television station in Austin. Everett Jordan and his committee on 22nd November, 1963, that Johnson had demanded that he provided kickbacks in return for him agreeing to this life insurance policy. Reynolds and persuaded him to appear before a secret session of the Senate Rules Committee.
During his investigations Williams met Don B. As a result of his work, Baker resigned as the secretary to Lyndon B. In 1963 Senator John Williams of Delaware began investigating the activities of Bobby Baker. In 1962 JFK appointed McCloskey to replace Grant Stockdale as ambassador to Ireland. McCloskey built the Rayburn House Office Building, the District of Columbia Stadium and three large housing projects in Florida. During this period he became associated with what became known as Kennedy's Irish Mafia (a group that included Grant Stockdale, Dave Powers, Larry O'Brien and Kenneth O'Donnell).
He was an important party fund raiser and in 1954 was Treasurer of Democratic National Committee. McCloskey was also a member of the Democratic Party he was delegate to the National Conference in 1936, 1940, 19.Ī Roman Catholic, he became a close friend of JFK. McCloskey also owned a large construction company based in Philadelphia. Matthew McCloskey was born in Wheeling, Ohio County, on 26th February, 1893. I am interested in anything members might have on Matthew H.
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