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
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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.
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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
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off sharply in Miami during
July and August with an esti-
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Thornton Edward Pierce,
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guilty in Jackson county cir
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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. His trial
was set for Oct. 9t and a no
tice of insanity was entered.
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Hanson Performance
Well Received by
Ashland Audience
The team of William Shake
speare and Philip Hanson cap
tivated a noon-hour audience
Wednesday in Ashland. Mr.
Hanson gave the first perform
ance of his newest one-man
show as one of the weekly
programs sponsored by the In
stitute of Renaissance Studies
of the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, held Wed n e s d a y
noons at Trinity Parish hall.
If other audiences react as
this first one did, the actor
need not worry about how it
will be received when he goes
on tour this coming season.
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.
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Angelo from "Measure for
Measure" he portrayed as the
cold villain without compas
sion and Aaron in "Titus An
dronicus" as the truly horrible
villain - the man who enjoys
his villainy.
Mr. Hanson earned pro
longed applause for his inter
pretation of Falstnff as both
villain and fool, a rogue whose
"sins are forgiven because we
like the man."
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-
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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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functioning perfectly and tele
metry communications from
the vehicle were "clean and
clear."
The Mariner-2 is scheduled
to pass Venus at 10,000 miles
early in December. Using an
electronic eye, it will peer
through the planet's perpetual
cloud layer and try to deter
mine If the Venetian environ
ment could support life as we
know it.
White City Legion
Will Close Charter
White City - The White
City Post ot the American
Legion will officially close
its charter Sunday, Sept. 3.
The standing charter record
of 161 members, established
in 1950 at Scappoose, has
been beaten by the White
City charter.
William Friend Jr., District
4 commander, will be pres
ent to initiate a large class
of new members.
About 110 persons attend
ed a Legion cook-out held
Aug. 27 at the While City
Domiciliary park. Music was
furnished by the Astronauts
orchestra of White city, and
featured -pcakers were Chap,
lain John Frazee, White City,
and Don Faber, Central Point.
Helping to serve were
members of the Veterans Ad
ministration Volunteer serv
ice. Among them were Polly
Offutt, Medford; Myrtle Hall
and Rita Holmes, Ashland;
Lela Lamb, Central Point;
and Enid Holmes, White City.
Officers of the Legion port
are Mike Prevost, command
er; Bert Vlastelica, past com
mander; Arthur Kenton, first
vice commander; Ralph Al
len, second vice commanders
William Cuddy, chaplain;
Ralph J. Baldwin, adjutant
finance; Egbert Alford, trus
tee; George S. Fallon, ser
geant at arms; Fred Boice,
trustee; LeRoy Whipple,
judge advocate; Robert Casey,
trustee; Gerald Schilling,
trustee; Louis Ford, service
officer; Edwin Gunton, his
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