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SOF COMING
TiUCKER
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Desmond A. Barry, called the man f Teamster Boss Jimmy
Hoffa couldn't handle, sits a spell for a news conferencebefore speaking to the Dallas Kiwanis Ulub.
barry, who owns
the c-alveston Truck Lines, says the Teamsters demanded he
sign a union contract in April, 1955, and that he refused.
This developed into a legal battle and employment of the hot
cargo weapon in which other unions wouldn't handle his cargo,
The unions finally withdrew their boycott, and the courtsheld in favor of Barry.
"e says he's never been convinced
about the existence of the so-called fight between Hoffa and
Attorney General Kennedy because no legislation to curb Hoffa
was recommended to Congress.SOF TO END
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Trucker], script, June 13, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc976040/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.