Recently released FBI Documents in regard to The Purple Gang

[Henry Whalley]

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Purple Gang members, who often used violent means of persuasion.

In the trial 1928-29, the prosecution characterized the WCDA as a “price-fixing consortium” wherein each business paid $1,000 dues per month to the Purple Gang. The fees weren't union dues collected from workers. IIRC under Dave Beck, the Teamsters also ran some dry-cleaning extortion rackets that resulted in one union thug being burned to a crisp in a bombing gone wrong.

P.S. Sadly, you lack basic reading comprehension skills, and the Detroit Historical Society could use some writing lessons.

P.P.S. The U.S. Justice Department did this country a great service by cleaning-up the Teamsters and UAW. I prefer clean unions that represent labor interests.

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