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Hogan was hard hit by the murder of his friend and ally. "But we'll keep plugging," he said. Knowing that Filipinos are hypersensitive to criticism by Americans, he made a tactful comparison: "We must not be discouraged, especially when we remember that the New York waterfront vies with our own for the honors in racketeering."
He quoted Pope Pius XII: "Evil triumphs because good men are timid," adding: "Unless honest men with courage fight this thing, nobody's life will be worth 10¢ on the waterfront. If the government, shippers and stevedoring companies work together, three months could see a marvelous birth of freedom and justice on the waterfront." Many young Filipino laborers lined up with Hogan. Said one: "The U.O.E.F. may have big government men behind them, but we have God's own senator on our side."