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...Chicago last week the 5,200 cab drivers and mechanics of Teamster Local 777 proved that in union there is strength -and also demonstrated why Teamsters' Boss Jimmy Hoffa dislikes the secret ballot. In an election supervised not only by the National Labor Relations Board but also by Chicago police, Local 777's members made it abundantly clear that they want no more truck with the Teamsters...
...organized an independent union, began a battle to turn out Pal Joey. Some of his aides were roughed up, and Abata himself received so many threats that he asked for and got constant police guard. Finally, last May, the NLRB upheld Abata's contention that the Teamsters and cab companies had been guilty of unfair labor practices. The NLRB ordered an election...
...Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis had been brought into court four years ago to impress eight Negro jurors when Hoffa was on trial for bribery, the Teamsters' boss enlisted Track Star Jesse Owens to impress Local 777's large Negro membership. Said Owens: "The situation of some Negro cab drivers is pretty good now. It wasn't when I first came here a few years...
...well-intentioned but debatable policy. To keep weaker lines from bankruptcy it has given them good routes in direct competition with the strong lines. With rare exceptions the added competition hurt the strong and weak lines alike. Classic example: hoping to help out much-troubled Northeast Airlines, the CAB permitted it to fly the blue-ribbon New York-Miami route in competition with vigorous Eastern and National. Result: not only has Northeast failed to make a profit, but the sharp competition has turned the other two lines' black ink to red on that route...
...Mergers. No one thinks such economies are enough to solve the industry's troubles. Many transportation experts, among them Harvard's Paul Cherington, argue that the U.S. hardly needs a dozen major lines, that some sensible mergers would eliminate costly separate facilities and ground crews. The CAB's new Chairman Alan S. Boyd, 39, is merger-minded, and he is already hunting a strong mate for Northeast Airlines. His goal is to strengthen the airlines so that they will be able to make the next technological leap forward-to supersonic jets by the early...