Word: bioff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bioff: "I remember lying to Judge Knox and the jury, and it was a lie in its entirety. . . . I lied and lied and lied...
Question: What did Labor Statesman Willie Bioff, representative of the stage workers' union, think of the Wagner Labor...
...Bioff: "We didn't care about that. All we were interested in was the dough...
...Willie and the "boys from Chicago" were about taking it. Did Willie know that bribery, as well as extortion, was a criminal offense? Did he know that in New York a person who pays money to a shakedown expert might be liable under the bribery laws? Shakedown Expert Bioff considered the idea for a moment...
...Bioff: "I didn't know about that. I wish I had. I could have used that...