“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“When asked by Bobby Kennedy where he’d gotten $20,000 in cash to invest in a business venture, Hoffa replied, “From individuals.” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“When a reporter asked Bobby Kennedy what he would do if Hoffa were acquitted, Bobby Kennedy, who said he had “never considered… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“I went to work for the union around the time all this was going on, right after Jimmy got the president’s job.… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Bobby Kennedy chose the members of the squad himself. He gave the squad a very limited job to do and gave the… — 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
“In February 1957, Hoffa contacted a New York lawyer named John Cye Cheasty. Cheasty had been in the Navy and the Secret… — 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
“they were talking about whether the Chicago outfit should or should not fix a presidential election. Growing up wherever you grew up… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Giancana said he was going to fix the election in Illinois so Kennedy would win that state. Jimmy couldn’t believe his ears.… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. The first thing he did was appoint his… — 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
“One of the very hot topics between Jimmy and Sam Giancana was Senator John F. Kennedy’s upcoming campaign for president. This 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
“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
“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
“Jimmy never met Joe Louis before that trial, only the jury didn’t know that. But Jimmy was strong for civil rights. That… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“In The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy asserted that after the trial, Joe Louis, who was out of work and deeply in debt… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“they wanted the guy left right there on the sidewalk as a message to those who needed to know the guy did not get… — Charles Brandt Copy Share
“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver. He was… — Charles Brandt Copy Share
