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Attorney General Kennedy's personal vendetta against Teamster President James R. Hoffa has turned into a national spectator sport, a wrestling match perhaps, with its properly defined hero and villain. The assumption of Hoffa's guilt sets the tone of the unending fight. This month Teamster officials charged that certified bonding agents throughout the nation had been ordered not to serve Teamster personnel, and the Justice Department felt it could retort: "We never comment on anything Mr. Hoffa...
...Just how Hoffa got hold of the transcript was not revealed. But the transcript did exist, and next day Stahlman printed it. The conversation came in the first days of the trial-after someone purporting to be a Banner reporter had called prospective jurors to find out how they felt. When Stahlman, a crusty 64-year-old, heard of the jury tampering, he offered a $5,000 reward for arrest of the impostor. Bobby tried to dissuade him-on grounds that detailed publication of the incident might cause a mistrial. Excerpts of the conversation...
...interested as I am in attempting to bring this trial to a successful conclusion. I can understand your own personal concern as to what has resulted at the trial. I have been subjected to these matters for a period of five years now, and the one thing that Mr. Hoffa is interested in is to obtain a mistrial . . . If we take any steps now that will lead in that direction, we will play right in his ballpark...
...country and will continue to do so. I am suggesting to you that what has happened has made it necessary for me to defend the reputation of my newspaper, which has existed for 86 years, and I don't intend to have it sacrificed for Jimmy Hoffa, the Federal Government or anybody else...
...turned out, Stahlman's publication did not cause a mistrial; nine weeks later, Hoffa was freed after the jury could not agree on his guilt or innocence. Now, in addition, Hoffa had pointed a finger at the Attorney General of the U.S., whose duty it is to see that justice takes an unhampered course, for trying to suppress a fact in order to win a conviction...