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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...
...Raises & Pensions. Most tedious task on the agenda was ratification of 118 118 constitutional amendments, a marathon polling performance that took two days and a four-hour night session. As constitution-committee chairman, Hoffa had dictated the changes. As convention chairman, he conducted the loud ceremony of their approval. With one hand on his gavel and the other on switches that controlled floor microphones, the Teamster boss directed his delegates through 92 pages of "reform." Among the amendments: ¶A Hoffa pay raise from $50,000 to $75,000 a year, plus unlimited expenses, making him labor's highest...
...Removal of Teamster headquarters from Washington to Detroit, ostensibly to improve working conditions, actually to make it more difficult for the Justice Department to prosecute Hoffa, who will be on his home ground...
...Hoffa let it be known that he was more than willing to return to the house of labor; the only obstacle, said he, was "that dopey, thick-headed Irishman," A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany. To Meany, and even to such friendly A.F.L.-C.I.O. leaders as Walter Reuther ("Reuther is not stupid like Meany"), Hoffa threw down a challenge. Either he would be taken back on his own terms within 18 months or he would form his own federation. Few who heard Hoffa doubted his determination; he had already defied the U.S. Government and forced Jack Kennedy to swallow a campaign...
...Slight, grey-blonde Josephine Poszywak Hoffa, 43, served coffee, led a conga line, captivated Teamster wives. "She's a doll,".said one, "with no airs." Mrs. Hoffa also revealed her formula for 24 years of happy marriage: "Don't nag him. If he's good to you, has a good job, and is doing what he wants to do, just be grateful...