Coia and " The Enemy Within " ( RFK )

            The stories circulating about big labor boss Arthur Coia

    can only refresh our memories of one James R. Hoffa , a corrupt

    Teamsters Union official. Would  corruption investigator Robert

    F. Kennedy , author of " The Enemy  Within " , ever  have given

    the likes of Coia - a big fund raiser for " pro-labor " Democrats -

    a redeeming character reference : " an impressive level of

    integrity " ?

           Our Congressman Patrick has disgraced his uncle's memory.

        It is a big myth that gangster types built our great unions

    and that Democrats are their best friends in Washington.

             Jimmy Hoffa  took over a Teamsters Union  that had been

    built by political radicals. According to the Encyclopedia

    Americana, " Trotskyists " centered in Minneapolis in the

    Depression era " realized the strategic importance of long

    distance truck drivers in a society that moves on wheels.

         ... " This group began centralizing control over motor

    freight by organizing drives throughout the Midwest. "

             Today everybody has heard of the legendary Jimmy

    Hoffa but who has  read a paragraph about Farrell Dobs ?

              This MYTH that  Corrupt Unions + Friendly Democrats

    = prosperity for the blue collar worker is more and more

    ridiculous !

                Unlike Bill Clinton , Robert Kennedy became

    more and more " radical " in later life. He most certainly

    believed that poor whites and poor blacks had a lot in

    common. And they  needed unions -but not corrupt ones headed

    By Johnny Friendlys ( see movie " On the Waterfront "