THE WEEK

• The latest installment of “The Happy, Happy Days of Jimmy Hoffa” has been released by the Senate Rackets Committee—and the plot sickens. Despite the court-appointed monitors, despite the newspaper publicity and congressional testimony, despite Robert Kennedy’s new book, Hoffa’s star continues to rise. Hoffa has solidified his control of the Teamsters; he has dispersed the insurgent elements who opposed his presidency in Miami two and a half years ago; he has successfully besieged his monitors with a task-force of one hundred lawyers, all waving writs; he has defied the government and the public; and— at week’s end—he invited New Jersey poultry farmers to join the Teamsters, promising them a better price for eggs. They joined.

• A word of thanks is due from all New Yorkers to State Senator Walter J. Mahoney, upon whom fell the task of organizing a legislative flywheel for the benefit of the eccentrically Liberal Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He has curbed many of the Governor’s excesses, has argued consistently and resourcefully for economy in government, and for local autonomy. His impressive performance has brought him to the attention of those who are considering possible vice presidential nominees.

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• The latest installment of “The Happy, Happy Days of Jimmy Hoffa” has been released by the Senate Rackets Committee—and the plot sickens. Despite the court-appointed monitors, despite the newspaper publicity and congressional testimony, despite Robert Kennedy’s new book, Hoffa’s star continues to rise. Hoffa has solidified his control of the Teamsters; he has dispersed the insurgent elements who opposed his presidency in Miami two and a half years ago; he has successfully besieged his monitors with a task-force of one hundred lawyers, all waving writs; he has defied the government and the public; and— at week’s end—he invited New Jersey poultry farmers to join the Teamsters, promising them a better price for eggs. They joined.

• A word of thanks is due from all New Yorkers to State Senator Walter J. Mahoney, upon whom fell the task of organizing a legislative flywheel for the benefit of the eccentrically Liberal Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He has curbed many of the Governor’s excesses, has argued consistently and resourcefully for economy in government, and for local autonomy. His impressive performance has brought him to the attention of those who are considering possible vice presidential nominees.