Talk: Jimmy Hoffa

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'A number of Republicans such as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover are believed to have helped Hoffa.

One group he definitely had close ties to was the Republican party. Presidents Kennedy and Johnson both put pressure on Hoffa, attempting to investigate his activities and disrupt his ever-growing union. The Kennedys especially were sure that Hoffa had pocketed a great deal of union money. The AFL-CIO also disliked Hoffa and aided the Democrats against him. A number of Republicans such as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover are believed to have helped Hoffa.

• 1.Was Hoover a Republican?
• 2.Also I didn't think the Republicans were supposed to be friends to the unions?I know Robert Kennedy had investigate Hoffa in 1950s, and was no friend of his, but that doesn't automatically mean Hoffa and the Republicans were tight either.

Throughout the 1960s & 1970s, the Teamsters were remarkable as being practically the only union that supported the Republican party. I assume they had closer links to the moderate/liberal wing of the time: e.g. Rockefeller, Nixon. -- llywrch 18:33, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)