“The Teamsters pension fund organized by Hoffa almost immediately became a source of loans to the national crime syndicate known to the… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Born on St. Valentine’s Day in 1913, Jimmy Hoffa was seven years older than Frank Sheeran. Yet both grew to manhood in… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“The next year, Kroger refused to negotiate a new contract, and Hoffa’s victory was short-lived. But on the strength of his stand… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Bobby Kennedy gave Cheasty a job with the committee at a salary of $5,000 a year. The FBI planted microphones and set… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy Hoffa once said to Frank Sheeran enthusiastically, “If you got it, Irish, a truck driver brought it to you. Don’t ever… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Russell turned his head and said to me, “Say hello to Jimmy Hoffa.” Then Russ handed me the phone. I reached for… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Time magazine reported in June 1975, a week before the assassination of Sam “Momo” Giancana in Chicago and a month before the… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“A couple of weeks later Russell told me that Joey Glimco was Giuseppe Primavera. He had been with Al Capone and was… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy had a loyal supporter in Puerto Rico named Frank Chavez. But however, Frank Chavez was a definite troublemaker. He was very… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“The jury was composed of eight blacks and four whites. Hoffa and his attorney, the legendary Edward Bennett Williams, struck only white… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy Hoffa had two philosophies that guided his actions. One way or another he expressed them daily and often through word or… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“The jury hung at eleven to one. Promptly a new jury was impaneled. During the second trial a member of the jury… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy Hoffa’s first notoriety in union work was as the leader of a successful strike by the “Strawberry Boys.” He became identified… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“In September 1957 the Ethics Committee of the AFL-CIO charged that Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa had used “their official union positions… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“At the time of the Frank Sheeran job interview by long-distance phone call, Jimmy Hoffa was coming off a period full of… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“As Hoffa told Johnny Dio in one of those wiretapped conversations that he couldn’t remember: “… treat them right and you don’t have… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, in his book, The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy wrote about his experiences and observations as chief counsel for… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Once in a while Giancana would have a guy with him named Jack Ruby from Dallas. I met Jack Ruby a few… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Sheridan wrote in his 1972 book, The Fall and Rise of Jimmy Hoffa: “He went about this by arranging for one of… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Yet during a twenty-year period there wasn’t an American alive who wouldn’t have recognized Jimmy Hoffa immediately, the way Tony Soprano is… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“As a consequence there was no admissible evidence with which to bury Jimmy Hoffa, and the perjury indictment was dismissed.” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Ten days after Hoffa took the oath of office in 1957, the AFL-CIO kicked out the Teamsters, saying that they could get… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Rebel factions are like Nazi collaborators during the war, like they had in Norway and France,” Bill Isabel told me. “Jimmy Hoffa… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Future presidential candidates Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona and Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts were members of the committee. The committee’s… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Jimmy did a lot of business with our friends, but he always did it on Jimmy Hoffa’s terms. That pension fund was… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“You fat fuck,” I said and jumped up and decked him. I broke his jaw, and they expelled me permanently on the spot. Naturally,” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I don’t ever… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Whispers was one of these short Italian guys in his early thirties that you’d see all around South Philly, just trying to get by… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if they could… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Mary liked to arrange picnics with the kids, and we’d take them to the Willow Grove Amusement Park. I wasn’t always running. When they… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror, including bombings,… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy to whack… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Russell had taken me with him to Cuba just when Castro was starting to kick everybody out and confiscate their casinos and racetracks and… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“You didn’t know who to trust, but you kept taking cabbies aside and persuading them to sign a card. For some reason there were… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
