For years the hard-muscled members of the East Coast's International Longshoremen's Association have grumbled at the highhanded, well-manicured leadership of bulky, redheaded Joseph Patrick Ryan. On Oct. 1, when 30,000 stevedores walked off the job in New York City, they revolted. Led by Eugene Sampson, business agent for Manhattan's largest local, 791, the rebels had balked at a Ryan-negotiated contract which gave them a 10ยข-an-hour pay increase and a week's paid vacation. Reason: it ignored their demands for smaller sling loads, larger working crews and a guarantee of at least four hours per...
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