Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Jimmy Hoffa as Santa Claus

After awhile, Joe Franco, Hoffa's whipping boy, learned how to spot if Jimmy Hoffa were really mad or just faking. When his ears turned red, Franco knew Jimmy's anger was real. However, if his ears didn't turn red, then Jimmy was just blowing off steam. 
To many Teamsters who knocked on Jimmy's door in the early 1950s, Jimmy didn't rage, he acted: he passed out favors, jobs, and gifts. 
He turned into Santa Claus at Christmas, passing out cash in wads, up to a hundred dollars to those who asked. This way, to the dismay of the Local 299 treasurer, Jimmy gave away $48,000 dollars in cash with no accounting for it.


from:

THAT PUNK JIMMY HOFFA
  I Watched My Dad Beat the Teamsters
             A Daughter's Memoir
              by Marilyn June Coffey

Publication Date: July 30 
the date Hoffa "disappeared"




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