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...head man of the Teamsters union. Jimmy Hoffa is an absolute but generous ruler, firm in the conviction that there is money enough in the Teamster till for every loyal lieutenant. Last week Anthony ("Tony Pro") Provenzano, 45, burly Hoffa protégé and chief of Union City, N.J., local 560, reached in for an even larger share than the boss takes...
...meeting of the local, third largest in the Teamster stable, Tony Pro was voted a raise of $50,000. That brought his salary to $95,000, a tidy $20,000 more than Hoffa makes, and $75,000 more than Tony was drawing only two months ago. The union voted him a first raise of $25,000 late last December...
Without saying that Hoffa is not a crook, it can be observed that assumption of guilt is somewhat inconsistent with traditions of law enforcement in America. The Teamster leader has been indicted several times, but never convicted; the Justice Department, as well as the F.B.I., the McClellan Committee, investigating groups in both wings of the House, and even the C.I.A. have kept Hoffa's every move under surveillance for years; yet he has not been proved guilty in an American court. Until he is, it ill behooves the Attorney General to make a mockery of the court decisions...
...question arises, why is Kennedy gunning for Hoffa? The crimes of which he is accused (tax and mail violations, for example), are crimes for which many American union and business leaders could be indicted, and that goes for George Meany as well as drug and electrical executives. The game, sadly, is played by rules which are not meticulous in obeying the letter, let alone the spirit, of the law. Again, this is not a justification of Hoffa, but simply serves to reiterate the question: why Hoffa...
...gladiator spectacle of Kennedy chasing Hoffa has not served to raise the broader issues of government-labor relations. In fact, policy is being obscured by personality and justice couched in vindictive terms. If the anti-Hoffa campaign is not admirable, it is also not effective. Nor will it gain much meaning if and when the Teamster leader is jailed for mail fraud...