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To keep the record straight, let it be known that James R. Hoffa, elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers at its convention last October, is in fact only a provisional president; that the other officers elected with him are likewise serving on a provisional basis; that these officers are operating under an equity receivership acting as agent of the United States Court for the District of Columbia. What is more, Hoffa and his henchmen of their own free will asked for this receivership and are thus on record as recognizing the provisional status of their position.

To be exact, the court order establishing this receivership does not so name it. The three-man board set up by the court to examine and supervise the affairs of both the International Brotherhood and its local components, and to recommend such changes as they deem necessary for the proper conduct of these organizations, is called a Board of Monitors. The name was decided upon out of deference to the sensibilities of the defendants in the case; they objected to the word “receivership.” But, whatever it is called, the Board is an officer of the court, detailed to see that Hoffa operates within the framework of the union’s constitution and adheres to procedures which harness his heretofore unrestrained will. He is, at long last, hamstrung.

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To keep the record straight, let it be known that James R. Hoffa, elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers at its convention last October, is in fact only a provisional president; that the other officers elected with him are likewise serving on a provisional basis; that these officers are operating under an equity receivership acting as agent of the United States Court for the District of Columbia. What is more, Hoffa and his henchmen of their own free will asked for this receivership and are thus on record as recognizing the provisional status of their position.

To be exact, the court order establishing this receivership does not so name it. The three-man board set up by the court to examine and supervise the affairs of both the International Brotherhood and its local components, and to recommend such changes as they deem necessary for the proper conduct of these organizations, is called a Board of Monitors. The name was decided upon out of deference to the sensibilities of the defendants in the case; they objected to the word “receivership.” But, whatever it is called, the Board is an officer of the court, detailed to see that Hoffa operates within the framework of the union’s constitution and adheres to procedures which harness his heretofore unrestrained will. He is, at long last, hamstrung.