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From the start, Ulbricht was a brassy enemy of the intellectuals who had captured control of the party in the early 19205. Ulbricht's pal was a Russian courier who had direct contact with Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin in Moscow. Soon Pravda was sniping at the "nonproletarian enemies of the working class in the German party," and soon Ulbricht's enemies were purged. It was time for a major party overhaul; tough, conscientious Walter Ulbricht got the job. Comrade Ulbricht took on the name Genosse Zelle (Comrade Cell), began atomizing the easygoing Communist cliques into tight little cells...
Ending a 25-year Teamster grip on Chicago's taxicabs was an uphill job. Local 777 has long been run as the private preserve of hard-eyed Hoodlum Joey Glimco, who is known around Chicago as "Jimmy Hoffa's Pal Joey." Glimco controlled not only the union but also the 48-local Teamster Joint Council and a fistful of "Windy City" rackets as well. His various activities earned him an estimated $70,000 a month...
...Abata who finally rallied anti-Glimco forces, organized an independent union, began a battle to turn out Pal Joey. Some of his aides were roughed up, and Abata himself received so many threats that he asked for and got constant police guard. Finally, last May, the NLRB upheld Abata's contention that the Teamsters and cab companies had been guilty of unfair labor practices. The NLRB ordered an election...
...Crack in the Dam." No sooner was the date set than Hoffa flew to Chicago to help Pal Joey. At a mass meeting of drivers, he blasted Abata, warned that "he wants to take away your bargaining power." He also pulled a typical Hoffa trick. Just as onetime Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis had been brought into court four years ago to impress eight Negro jurors when Hoffa was on trial for bribery, the Teamsters' boss enlisted Track Star Jesse Owens to impress Local 777's large Negro membership. Said Owens: "The situation of some Negro cab drivers...
Major General Joseph Mobutu, the Congolese army commander who had kept him under lock and key, was now Tshombe's pal. Turning to Mobutu, Tshombe declared: "Because of men like him, the Congo crisis can now be ended. He is above them all, all, all, all." Then, of all things, Tshombe embraced Congolese Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko, who a few weeks ago accused him of high treason. "He was my worst enemy," grinned Moise. "Now he is my best friend." Back home in Katanga, Tshombe's aides glumly prepared to hand over their army to central Congolese government...