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The Hoffa Story-V Teamsters' Not Appropriate Name for Hoffa's Giant Union Editor'f note: This is the last of five dispatches on the life and times of Jimmy Hoffa. By HARRY FERGUSON Washington -UPI-You could search a long time for a word less appropriate than "Team sters" to describe the world's largest union led by Jimmy Hoffa. Not many men are driving horses these days. .Hoffa is pretty much a lone wolf in the labor movement, arid, with apologies to the author of Little Red Riding Hbod, what big eyes he has! He thinks people in every line of work should belong to thje International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chau fleurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of Ajnerica. Not long ago he in dicated he would like to have professional baseball and foot ball players in his union. 'One source of Hoffa's strength is the skill with which he has reached out and brought workers under the Teamsters' tent. Stewardess es on a small airline belong to his union. So do people who wrap bread, people who can fruit, people who manufac ture soft drinks, people who ape clerks, salesmen who sell btead. Employs Raiding Tactics There is a permanent stale of warfare among unions and guerrilla raids are made al most every day into enemy territory. ' Like a baseball team, Hoffa doesn't win them all, but his batting average is pretty good. Just the other day a special court set up by the Communications Workers of-America (AFL - CIO) ex pelled a score of officers who had been convicted of at tempting to lead their locals Into the Teamsters union. The trial board heard testimony that Hoffa was willing to spend $500,000 to finance the raid. There are some 900 locals In the Teamsters union. If a long-haul truck driver wants to-work hard enough (take every available trip instead of sitting one out), the union claims he can earn up to $10, 000 a year. Area Contracts Hoffa is largely responsible for that. One of the big con tributions he made to his union was the concept of "area contracts." In the old days each local conducted its own negotiations with man agement. Hoffa's idea was that a contract for truck driv er should cover several states and throughout his ca reer he pushed that program successfully. Bargaining is much simpler tor a union if it is .speaking for 10,000 truck drivers than for 100 in some local union. Hoffa's aggressive altitude WALKER'S DRY LAND PEACHES J. H. Hale Rio Osa J B'in9 Containers ... .i i U-Pick and Save Imp.Elberta Alamar or Bartlerr Pears ! w. Pick I v I if , y i n a wo'-i I A (We Horn. 0. J S 5 3 i j " K.ngs Hwav H lj Oakdile 2 613 E. JACKSON They'll Do It Every Camera-eve clamcv.twe detective, cam find the pro verbial needle in a uavstack- YA-HA IT MATCHES A f g&J ( NOW.LET'S SEE-I'M A JO THIS 15 "THE SHOE liy 1 PRETTV SURE THIS IS JJP THAT MADE THE Jgy TME RIGHT AISLE-- :Ao 3 FOOTPRINT UNDER f WOW.' SIX ) V BUT IS IT THE ffaT THE BANK WINDOW.' THOUSAND NfclA RIGHT LOT? ffl ffi yy shoeshops, OT'iler v " jl- in proselytizing and bargain ing isn't something that has developed recently. He has been that way ever since the age of 19, when he led a suc cessful small strike against the Kroger Grocery Co., of Detroit by threatening lo al low some strawberries to spoil. He came up the hard way and learned to both give and take hard knocks. Father Worked in Mine Hoffa was born 49 years ago in Brazil, lnd., the son of a local miner who died of tuberculosis from inhaling loo much dust. His mother moved to Detroit where Jimmy quit school after the ninth grade to help support the family. Two years after the straw berry strike Hoffa had an A. F. of L. charter and led his men into the Teamsters union. In the depression days of the 30s, Hoffa was all over De troit - organizing, picketing, making speeches, getting ar rested 18 times in 24 hours for illegal picketing, but al ways going back for more. In 1940 he negotiated a contract for truck drivers in 12 central states. From then on his rise was rapid. He became an in ternational vice president of the Teamsters, was elected president in 1957 and reelect ed in 1961, Hoffa earns $75,000 a year plus an expense account, but money seems to interest him less than power. He lives well but not lavishly. But let some body try to whittle away his authority or that of his union and he fights and makes up his own rules during battle. Warn PLUMBING SHEET METAL CLOSE OUT Name Brand Medicine Cabinets Model-2-12xl6 316-Reg. 13.30 Close Out-9.80 Model-2015 2-13x18 Sliding Mirrors-Reg. 37.50 Close Out-26.25 Model-388-16x22-Reg. 38.00 k With Lights l uose uui-io.ou m r . OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM I V OPEN ALL DAY SAT. S V V .A.M.TOSP.M. S Time But SOMETHING LIKE FINDING WIS OWN CAR IN A PARKING LOT-TUATiS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN It was this ruthless battling that brought him before the Senate Rackets Committee und its counsel, Robert F. Kennedy. Hoffa had four sep arate sessions with the com mittee and the transcript of the Teamsters investigation fills 20,000 pages. The final report of thei committee in cluded: "Hoffa has repeatedly be trayed the members of his own union by entering into business relationships with employers with whom his union negotiated. Hoffa has misused union funds for his own benefit and that of his friends. Hoffa has consistently supported the interest of racketeer and criminal friends over those of his own mem bers. Hoffa and his chief aids have consistently repressed democratic rights within the union, Finally, the committee remains convinced that if Hoffa continues unchecked he will successfully destroy the decent labor movement in the United States." Survival Seen Unlimited Considering the way Hoffa has been investigated, indicted and tried in the last six years, his power of survival appears to be unlimited. But his old sparring partner, Bobby Ken nedy, is now attorney general of the United States and the end of the struggle is nowhere in sight. Federal grand juries in 14 cities are investigating the Teamsters union and Hof fa has trials pending on charges of misusing union funds. There are supposed to be some 150 lawyers across the country working for the union and they are sometimes re ferred to as the "Teamsters Bar Association.'' Whatever their retainer fee, they earn their money and apparently will be busy for years to come. As for Hoffa, he sleeps soundly, eats well and exer cises every day to stay in good condition. For his critics he has these words: "I don't give a damn what they say. Jimmy Hoffa can take care of him self." MIAMI TOURISM OFF Miami (UPI) Tourism fell off sharply in Miami during July and August with an esti- ! mated loss of more than $11 j million in possible spending I by vacationers, it was report ' ed Thursday. & CO. 773-5368 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON By Jimmy Hatlo Reno Man Appears In District Court Thornton Edward Pierce, 52, of Reno, Nev., pleaded guilty in Jackson county cir cuit court Wednesday to ut tering and publishing a forged instrument. Imposition of sentence was suspended for three years. In other cases, Hugh V. Howell, 38, of Portland, pleaded innocent when ar raigned Wednesday in circuit court. Bail was set at $1,500 and his trial is scheduled Sept. 25. He is charged with obtaining property by false pretenses. Royal P. Harlacher, 30, of 944 Soutli Central ave., Med ford, was arraigned on a charge of issuing a check without sufficient funds. His case was continued for one week for him to enter a plea. He was released on $500 bail. Walter Dale Balla, 18, of 45 Barneburg rd,, pleaded guil ty to obtaining property by false pretenses. A pre -tencet report was ordered and bail was continued at $500. Jesse James Gilmore, 39, of White City, pleaded innocent to a charge of escaping from official detention. 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Wednesday's audience thor oughly enjoyed every part of the program; the applause was warm and prolonged. The new show, Mr. Han son's fifth of this type, he calls "Villians and Fools." Wearing a business suit and with no stage props other than a straight chair, this young man brought a succession of Shakespeare's famous char acters to life on the tiny stage. There was not even the arti fice of lighting to help him -but he needs none. Mr. Han son has his marvclously ex pressive voice, face and body, and these are sufficient. Actor Sell Mood The actor set the mood for his "Villians and Fools" by noting that Shakespeare "had entered into" each of his char acters completely and had made them unforgettable. He spoke Miranda's lines from "The Tempest" - "How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in 't!" He then added the lines from Hamlet "What a piece of work is a man!" before listing the characters he had chosen to delineate. The actor said that his study of the villains in Shakespeare's plays hod greatly enlarged his under standing of the manner in which Shakespeare had used villainy to build a character, and the various types of vil lains. Mr. Hanson used lago from "Othello" as an example of a scheming, vicious man who tells the truth to wreak his villainy. Edmund from "King Lear" was used as an example of the "pre-ordained" villain. Lookers Welcome ! LIVE IT UP! COUNTRY LIVING AT ITS BEST On 2' M acres of oak, leurel and pines with 600 acres In your backyard privately owned by subdivider for your pleasure . . , lots of birds, squirrels and room to hunt, play or uit relax in one of the finest country residential areas in the Rogue River Valley. No industry to disturb your peace and quiet . . . lots of room for that saddle horse, plenty of cold water from deep wells. 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One of his deeply moving sketches Wednesday was that of the pitiful, misshapen Rich ard III who plots and kills for power because he Is deprived of love, but whose conscience finally awakens. Possibly the warmest applause of the pro gram followed this scene The actor used Shylock from "Merchant of Venice" as an example of a man whose chief villainy is that he wants revenge, and presented the famous "I am a Jew" speech which thrills every student of Shakespeare. In order that his show might not leave his audience depressed with the villainy and foolishnes of mankind, Mr. Hanson concluded with two speeches from "As You Like It," - the homely phi losophy of the shepherd who knows thai his small, unim portant life is really the good life, and the Duke's speech which concludes with "and good In every thing." For some in Wednesday's audience, Mr. Hanson's pro gram seemed the finest, truest sort of dramatic artistry. He presented the essence of these characters and without the stage trappings-the costumes, lighting, etc, they became sharper, more vital; the lis tener "entered Into" and understood. Hanson Introduced Mr. Hanson was Introduced by Dr. Margery Bailey, di rector of the Institute, who said that the occasion was In reality an anniversary, since the actor had Introduced his lirst Shakespearean one-man show, "Kings and Clowns," at Just such a program. Mr, Han son in turn dedicated the pro gram to Dr. Bailey saying "it is because of her that we have this event." Dr. Bailey, outstanding a u- I LAND O' MANY OAKS j FRIDAY. AUGUST Mariner Responds With Information On Unknown Space Pasadena, Calif. (UP1V America's Mariner-2 space craft blaze-t a trail through the unknown depths of space today relaying answers to in terplanetary riddles. The $18 million space ve hicle began sending back a stream of invaluable data Wednesday as it hurtled to ward Venus and a look be neath the mysterious mantle of cloud that cloaks the Earth's nearby planetary neighbor. Instruments Activated A radio command from the earth tracking station at Jo hannesburg South Africa, acti vated the craft's sensitive sci entific instruments to begin relaying the vital information Caltech's Jet Propulsion lab oratory, tracking headquar ters for the venture, said the command triggering the scien tific telemetry was sent to the 447-pound space craft Wednes day at 8:13 a.m. (PST). The information included four phases of investigation -magnetic fields, charged par ticles, cosmic dust and low en ergy protons. JPL scientists said that as of 3 p.m. (PST), Mariner-2 was 497,501 miles from the Earth and traveling at a speed of 7,071 miles an hour. "The command was execut ed and some of the experi ments immediately responded by sending data,'1 said JPL in an official statement. "How ever, it will take some time to evaluate the quality of the data. But at the moment it is possible lo say ail four exper iments are in working order." Functioning Perfectly JPL said the spacecraft, launched early Monday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., was thority on Shakespeare and not one lo give praise unless It is due, snid of the actor that "he is a man of style" and "one with a profound sense about his art." He is, indeed. This reporter has been watch ing Mr. Hanson on stage for 10 or more years; it has been a great pleasure to watch liis artistry develop and flower. Shakespeare, of course said it. "What a piece of wurk is a man."-O.S. 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