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...Jesus Christ Superstar is free of the simplistic good guy-bad guy division of humanity that one might expect. Except for Mary Magdalene, everyone uses or abuses Jesus. Even the Apostles, who might well have come on as some sort of ideal commune brotherhood, are clearly presented not loving Jesus but wanting to ride with him on some sort of spiritual trip. They also display an ambitious yen to retire and "write the Gospels, so they'll still talk about us when we've died...
...Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen was free to strike last week as Government-imposed restraints expired. Though a strike that would snarl the nation's rail system is possible, the indications are that the signalmen will await the outcome of contract talks involving the larger shopcraft unions before pressing their demands. They want at least a 54% increase in their $3.78 an hour wage over three years...
...criticism beyond its immediate mark. Said a Manhattan construction worker: "He's thinking of the overall problem, which he knows and I don't." Moreover, an increasing number repeated labor's ceaselessly argued point: that the Nixon program places an unfair burden on labor. C.L. Dennis, president of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, pointed to perhaps the greatest disparity possible in a period of incomes policy. Says he: "Sure, I've got a few shares of stock myself. But it's wrong as hell to have fortunes made by speculators on the stock market while workingmen...
...surface, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters seemed to have acquired a new respectability. It had shed its convicted longtime president Jimmy Hoffa and elected a colorless and apparently untroublesome union veteran, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, to replace him. And there was Nixon Administration Labor Secretary James Hodgson on hand at the Teamsters' convention in Miami Beach to congratulate the new leader. Nixon sent a warm letter of "appreciation for the contributions" the union had made "to our way of life...
...Traditional Mafia Way The brotherhood that is the Mafia has always operated in secrecy. Sworn to an omertd ? the oath of silence ? in a ceremony of blood and fire, the old-line Mafiosi cultivated their anonymity as the first line of defense against ar rest and prosecution. Despite the publicity caused by Prohibition gangland wars, the Mafia was still able to maintain a cloak of secrecy around its activities. Behind this shield, Mafia leaders gained control of gambling and narcotics, some labor unions and legitimate businesses. When the first systematic crackdowns by law-enforcement agencies started ten years...