i'm not satisfied when i see men like jimmy hoffa in charge of the largest union in the united states, still free. i'm not satisfied when we are failing to develop the natural resources of the united states to the fullest. here in the united states, which developed the tennessee valley and which built the grand coulee and the other dams in the northwest united states. at the present rate of hydro power production, and that is the hallmark of industrialized society, the soviet union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are. these are all the things, i think in this country that can make our society strong, what can mean at a standstill? smith senator kennedy, the things that senator kennedy has said many of us can agree with. there is no question but that we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. there is no question but that this nation cannot stand still because we are in a deadly competition, a competition not only with the men in the kremlin, but the men in peking. we're

we've seen this many many times before going back to people like jimmy hoffa.meone like that can threaten credibly to cripple the american economy because he's not getting a 50% raise i believe we just report? so i mean it's all the more reason why we need to get automation into these systems and ports as soon as possible because someone like that shouldn't have a chokehold over our economy. it's crazy. stuart: well said. let's talk about the administration here in new york city. yesterday, mayor adams presented a press conference alone. there's none of his team was with him, and now this morning, i'm reading here, new york times just reporting prosecutors warn of more charges and defendants in the adams graft case. this looks bad. >> it is looking really bad for him, and i don't, you know, i think there's a chance he could fight and win the current slate of charges against him but we don't know what's laying down the pipe, so it's very rough for him but this , you know, i'm very sympathetic to adams argument this all really got going when he opened his mouth a

i'm not satisfied when i see men like jimmy hoffa in charge of the largest union in the united states still free. i'm not satisfied when we are failing to develop the natural resources of the united states to the fullest. here in the united states, which developed the tennessee valley and which built the grand coulee and the other dams in the northwest united states. at the present rate of hydro power production, and that is the hallmark of industrialized society, the soviet union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are. these are all the things, i think in this country that can make our society strong, what can mean at a standstill? smith senator kennedy, the things that senator kennedy has said many of us can agree with. there is no question but that we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. there is no question but that this nation cannot stand still because we are in a deadly competition, a competition not only with the men in the kremlin, but the men in peking. we're

writes the foreword and he talks about how he drafted a conditional pardon for a very high pardon, a jimmy hoffa gangster or teamster union organizer. ah, and that was later the conditional pardon by mr. claiming that that it was on he lost that. but that is also in our history now not expressed in the constitution your book it's incredibly wide ranging you know it goes back at a couple of paragraphs to the hammurabi code and something like. 1600 or 1800 b.c. and it almost ends up going into the future about what might and what we should do, just taking the period that gave rise to our system, which is following the norman invasion. 1066 in britain where the pardons and the king's pardon became really part of the anglo-american legal system, it seems that the start i mean even from like the 12th century, the kinds of issues regarding pardons that caused some eyebrows to be raised are still with us mainly corruption and the pardons are sold and access that only certain privilege people are likely to get pardons. so with this history, how has the pardon power can you say more about the abuses, the

forward to that, which explores the connection between suburbanization, heteronormativity, and jimmy hoffa's mass organizing campaign. he was once a flight attendant for united airlines, and elected leader of the association of flight attendants local 11. >> their dissertation refused to run away claims in the law, 1969 to 1992. which they just defended at umass amherst. congratulations. she argues that employment dissemination lawsuits brought by transsexual workers bucked an unwritten rule of transsexual a day, resulted in new charter communications visionary definitions of sex and disability, and helped to develop a transsexual group consciousness. she received their bachelors degree from black hills state university in spearfish, south dakota, and went on to receive an m ed and ma from the university of massachusetts amherst. without further ado, we will turn to our panelists, and then we will use our microphones so that you can ask some questions. we will start today with alex. >> first of all, can you hear me okay? so before beginning, i would like to thank the conference organizers an

hunter normativity and jimmy hoffa's mess organizing campaign. murphy was once a flight attendant for united airlines, an elected leader of the association of flight attendants, local 11 shea olmstead. they them is a history of mid-twentieth century u.s. queer and transgender policies. their dissertation refused to runaway transsexual employment discrimination claims and the law 1969 to 1992, which they just defended at umass amherst, argues in graduation graduation, argues that employment discrimination lawsuits brought by trans sexual workers bucked unwritten rule of trans sexuality resulted a new trans exclusionary state. definitions of sex and disability and helped to develop a transsexual group consciousness. she received their bachelor's degree and american indian studies from black hills state university in spearfish, south dakota, and went on to receive both an ad and curriculum in teaching fitchburg state university and m.a. in history from the university of massachusetts at amherst. all right. so now with without further ado, we'll turn