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Statement? despite facing multiple indictments, and facing jail time he was overwhelmingly elected teamsters president. when he headed to miami for the 1957 convention, he was greeted as a hero. putting hoffa behind bars was so important to the kennedys it became a campaign pledge of jfk during the 1960 presidential race. i m not satisfied when i see men week jimmy hoffa in charge of the largest union in the united states and still free. eric: john f. kennedy became the 35th president of the united states and quickly appointed his brother bobby as attorney general. he was eating mafia dries for breakfast. when he became attorney general he started eating them for lunch and dinner, too. ....
part of the deal is to not try to assume the leadership of the teamsters until 1980. he spend the next few years trying to regain the leadership. they are not able to change the restriction of 1980. we have gathered information sufficient for a lawsuit. hoffa was closed out institutionally for coming back. until we get the final decision i don t lose hope we ll win the case. hoffa started blaming the mafia and the feam teamsters and others he thought were double crossing him. eric: he wanted to regain the top spot, but to do so he needed allies. so he turned to the mafia, one was ralph natali. ....
who? to anyone, did you make that statement? despite facing multiple indictments, and facing jail time he was overwhelmingly elected teamsters president. when he headed to miami for the 1957 convention, he was greeted as a hero. putting hoffa behind bars was so important to the kennedys it became a campaign pledge of jfk during the 1960 presidential race. i m not satisfied when i see men week jimmy hoffa in charge of the largest union in the united states and still free. eric: john f. kennedy became the 35th president of the united states and quickly appointed his brother bobby as attorney general. he was eating mafia dries for breakfast. when he became attorney general he started eating them for lunch and dinner, too. ....
President of the international union of teamsters. he used the influence of his union to throw favors to gangsters to in turn solved problems for him. eric: it turns out working with gangsters was profitable. all of his deal weather underworld brought about the congressional and federal investigations that ultimately proved his undoing. eric: on capitol hill the senate committee targeted mobsters and their ties to labor leaders. future president john f. kennedy and his brother robert targeted hoffa. robert kennedy and hoffa despised each other. if you say that s.o.b., i ll break his back. ....
Able to rise to the top. eric: during the 1930s and 40s, hoffa came up through the ranges. he arguably built the teamsters into a potent labor force. but he also had fatal flaws. he s the guy who let the mob into the union. eric: to the men and women he represented he was a hero fighting for the little guys. for the leaders of the mob he was a potential partner. where were you when you met jimmy hoffa for the first time. in detroit. what was the nature of our business in detroit. another wedding. russell bufalino mentioned jimmy hoffa. he developed his own connections with the detroit family which bufalino was close to, too. eric: hoffa with us elected ....