Nation: Fighting Hoffa's Blues

Jim Hoffa built a great mountain, His enemies started cavin' in Jim just smiled, and shook his head.

"That's just my teamsters rollin' in "Lawd, Lawd!

"That's just my teamsters rollin' in."

So proclaims a song called Hoffa's Blues, on sale on records last week in the lobby of the Miami Beach Auditorium. Inside, the 1,845 delegates to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention indeed rolled in for President James Hoffa just about all that he could wish—with the possible exception of his tormentors' heads.

Yelling, stamping, cheering, the Teamsters elected Hoffa, 53, to...

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