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Dec 26, 2017dissymissylessy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Seattle was the originating point for complaints received by the new Attorney General, RFK, about the union dictatorship exercised by the leaders of the Teamsters union. He interviewed witnesses and victims of strong-arm tactics used by the then leader, Gary Beck..but Hoffa was even worse. it'd be interesting to ask Bobby up in heaven---who do you think the worst human? a/ Hoffa, b/ Giancana, c/ LBJ, d/ Trafficante, e/ Marcello, f/ Castro ,g/ Kruschev, h/ Mao, I/ Sinatra, i/ Ruby, j/ Diem's wife, k/ Helms/ " The various garbage companies in the new york area formed an employer association. soon afterward, the underworld took control and, with the help of teamsters local 813, maneuvered to monopolize the industry." "Milton Hammergren set up the big gangsters in business: Meyer Lansky on the East Coast; Buster Wortman in St. Louis; 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik and Tony Accardo in Chicago. " RFK: ' If somebody, in the course of distributing your juke boxes, was killed, that was taken as part of the trade?' ' that is one of the liabilities of the business.'....fights, arsons, dynamitings, beatings, and deaths...profits run into millions of dollars. " " About investigations, Mooney Giancana said, ' There's going to be a lot of crime if these investigations keep up. It will be worse than Capone.' " " The expenses of the Seattle hoodlums while they were in Portland, Or., were paid with Teamsters money." "