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Dead Putsches. The most amazing fact about the whole convention was that Jimmy Hoffa continued, despite everything, to exert his iron hold on the Teamsters. After all, Hoffa was convicted in 1964 for conspiracy and fraud in the handling of Teamster pension funds. That year he was also found guilty of attempting to suborn a jury in a 1962 trial in which he was accused of accepting a bribe from trucking operators. Hoffa was sentenced to 13 years in prison, remains free while the cases are under appeal.* He has been ostracized by the A.F.L.-C.I.O., been hit by Government...
There is; of course, sonic opposition to Hoffa within the Teamsters: a local Teamster official provided the crucial testimony at the jury tampering trial, and a group of Philadelphia members brought legal action in 1964 to prevent the use of union funds in Hoffa's legal defense, a move that has so far succeeded. For the most part, though, opposition to Hoffa is divided and weak. Potential putsches die aborning for lack of courage or of a rival leader strong enough to attract wide support...
...safety standards beginning with the 1970 models-or press for a tougher bill making it mandatory for the Secretary to lay down such standards beginning with the '68 models. In support of the harsher version, the committee called up a succession of educators, lawyers, Canadian legislators-and even Teamster Top Dog Jimmy Hoffa, who found himself in the unusual position of being a sympathetic witness in a congressional hearing. Calling for strict Government safety regulations for trucks as well as cars, Hoffa said: "If you leave it to somebody's discretion to pass minimum safety standards, there wouldn...
Last week the Supreme Court agreed to review Hoffa's conviction on charges of tampering with a Nashville jury in a 1962 federal trial, for which he was sentenced in 1964 to eight years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Though the Teamsters' lawyers had questioned the conviction on 21 points, the court limited its review to their contention that Edward Partin, a longtime crony of Hoffa who acted as a part-time guard at his hotel during the Nashville trial, had been released from jail in Louisiana to spy on Hoffa for the Government. Partin...
Died. John J. O'Rourke, 65, Teamster's union vice president and boss of New York City's powerful Joint Council 16, who boldly turned against Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1962, subsequently blocked him from dipping further into union funds for personal legal expenses (currently, appeals of jury tampering, mail fraud and conspiracy convictions), and last year gave the screw a final turn by supporting Arch Hoffa Foe Robert Kennedy for Senator; of a heart attack; in The Bronx...