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Harold Gibbons (1910-1982), leader of St. Louis Teamsters Local 688, fought and defeated Communists and mobsters and was instrumental in ending racial discrimination in the union. His many friends included Frank Sinatra and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. For a few years, he was Jimmy Hoffa's right-hand man--the two fell out after the Kennedy assassination, which Hoffa celebrated and Gibbons mourned. Exploring his day-to-day work, the author reveals the full story of Gibbons' secret effort with Kissinger and Hoffa to bring an end to the Vietnam War.
Contents
Table of Contents
A Note on Terminology
Introduction: A Word or Two About Gibbons
1. Young Gibbons
2. St. Louis' Warehousemen
3. Gibbons Gets His Way
4. Reds and Trots
5. Kavner, Saffo, Race Relations
6. Bernice Fisher and "Cab" Calloway
7. The Teamsters
8. Varieties of Political Experience
9. Mobsters Move In
10. Gibbons' Revenge
11. Gibbons a Racketeer?
12. Hoffa
13. Joe Costello and the Wildcat
14. "Vertical Improvement"
15. Gibbons Goes to Washington
16. The Split
17. Hoffa Sets a Trap
18. Gibbons Relaxes
19. Calloway for Congress
20. "This Stupid War"
21. The Fall
22. Out to Grass
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index