The Teamsters convention in Miami Beach last week began like a summer shivaree. Delegates pinned on badges, pumped hands, paraded conga-fashion through the Deauville Hotel lobby behind a red-coated jazz band. They packed hotel dining rooms in the early evening and took their trade to Collins Avenue strip joints as the night sluiced tin. They crowded into the Miami Beach exhibition hall for a $25,000 one-night Teamster spectacular, featuring George Gobel, Mimi Benzell and ten chorus girls. They had a wonderful time. And they were had.
One among the 2,200 delegates had...
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