When Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa was serving a 13-year term in Lewisburg penitentiary for fraud and jury tampering, some of his friends claimed that he wanted a parole not to resume his rambunctious union ways but simply to lead a quiet life—"teaching and lecturing," as New Hampshire Publisher William Loeb put it. The parole board quite clearly did not believe him.
Hoffa became a model prisoner, dutifully stuffing mattresses and keeping in shape by doing pushups. "He has an excellent mental attitude," the prison warden said. "He gives us most courteous treatment...
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