Word: hoffa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...merest hint of secrecy has made him one of Washington's most feared as well as respected investigative reporters. Because he cannot resist lid-lifting, Mollenhoff has at one time or another outraged, embarrassed or exasperated Dwight Eisenhower, Sherman Adams, Ezra Taft Benson, John Kennedy, Everett Dirksen, Jimmy Hoffa, George Meany, Lyndon Johnson, Bobby Baker and Robert McNamara, to name just...
Dead Putsches. The most amazing fact about the whole convention was that Jimmy Hoffa continued, despite everything, to exert his iron hold on the Teamsters. After all, Hoffa was convicted in 1964 for conspiracy and fraud in the handling of Teamster pension funds. That year he was also found guilty of attempting to suborn a jury in a 1962 trial in which he was accused of accepting a bribe from trucking operators. Hoffa was sentenced to 13 years in prison, remains free while the cases are under appeal.* He has been ostracized by the A.F.L.-C.I.O., been hit by Government...
There is; of course, sonic opposition to Hoffa within the Teamsters: a local Teamster official provided the crucial testimony at the jury tampering trial, and a group of Philadelphia members brought legal action in 1964 to prevent the use of union funds in Hoffa's legal defense, a move that has so far succeeded. For the most part, though, opposition to Hoffa is divided and weak. Potential putsches die aborning for lack of courage or of a rival leader strong enough to attract wide support...
Despite his brawler's background and pugnacious mien, Hoffa possesses Stalinesque talents for political maneuvering, deftly dividing adversaries and concentrating authority in his own hands. Fitzsimmons' election is symbolic of how Hoffa has retained power; it gives him a fighting chance to continue his rule, from behind bars if necessary...
Defensive Circle. Most of all, Hoffa has made the Teamsters prosperous and powerful in his ten years as union president-and they know and appreciate it. While the A.F.L.-C.l.O. has become sluggish, the Teamsters have expanded (to 1.7 million members, the nation's largest union group), enjoy steadily improving wages and benefits. One of the laudatory messages to the convention came from Tom Buckley of Maiden, Mass.: "I'm enjoying the Fourth with my family as a $200-a-week truck driver. Continued success and best wishes...