Word: hoffa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Miss Flynn defended the actions of labor unions from their earliest days, including her participation in the International Workers of the World (IWW) as well as the actions of Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa today. "We don't organize unions to be pure and holy, but to help the workers," she insisted...
...Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, George Meany, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy '48 got theirs, too. Kennedy, she charged, has a "vendetta against Hoffa and the Communist Party" and should by no means be nominated for the Vice-Presidency...
...Bobby Kennedy's record speaks for itself-he is a fine lawmaker. Putting Hoffa where he belongs restores my faith that there will always be a man around like Bobby Kennedy with the courage to carry out our laws. MRS. JAY SCHULTZ Ann Arbor, Mich...
Convicted Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa last week braced himself before U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson in Chattanooga and prepared to take it on the chin. He got it. Wilson slugged Hoffa with a sentence of eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine for trying to bribe a jury that was hearing conspiracy charges against...
...Hoffa, whose appeals may postpone his incarceration for a couple of years, stiffly told the judge: "I stand here today and state that I am innocent." Later he told newsmen: "I have lived my life, 51 years, serving my fellow man, serving the members of the international union, and nobody can say I have betrayed my trust, because the record speaks for itself...