Perhaps Kennedy wanted to purge that bootlegging reputation from the Kennedy name. For example, while Bobby Kennedy publicly tried known Mafia figures, they still aided the Kennedy presidential campaign. Another Mafia historian notes, "Sam Giancana [a noted mob figure] helped to carry Cook County for the Kennedys in spite of a preelection insult from Bobby Kennedy, who brought Giancana in to face the McClelland Committee and humiliated him publicly with embarrassing questions" (Kelly, 2000, p. 138). Thus, Kennedy seemed driven to drive out organized crime from the country, and another speculation is that he became so worrisome during his presidential campaign that the Mafia was behind his assassination.
The Teamsters were notorious for their activities with organized crime, even before Hoffa took the helm. After Hoffa took over, there was even more illegal activity in the Union. The Teamsters had huge influence around the country because just about every industry relied on trucks to move its goods, and the Teamsters organized the truck drivers. Historian Kelly continues, "With their history of , and cops"(Kelly, 2000, p. 165). The Teamsters were known for their ties to organized crime, even though "officially" they denounced them. Thus, the organization was corrupt when Hoffa took over, and even more corrupt when he left (Leiter, 1957, p. 106). Kennedy had the right idea, but it seems even the political clout of the Kennedy's could not bring down organized crime, it is just too large and powerful an organization.
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Editors. (2004). RFK's Enemies: Jimmy Hoffa. Retrieved from the PBS.org Web site:
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Kelly, R.J. (2000). Encyclopedia of organized crime in the United States from Capone's Chicago to the new urban underworld. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Leiter, R.D. (1957). The Teamsters Union: A study of its economic impact. New York: Bookman Associates.
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