By Michael Miner
“It seems he always takes on the small guy’s side, but he has to realize some of the unions he’s really hurting. The unions are getting tired of him dragging them into court and depleting their treasuries.”
Thomas Geoghegan
But the next morning (this was last Sunday) Krone called from Italy’s Amalfi Coast to say he had nothing to do with the caper. He said Geoghegan is “a personal friend,” though “many members of 134 despise him,” and besides, the pamphleting is “counterproductive.” He also told me that Geoghegan’s Hyde Park appearance “was sparsely attended, so he should be grateful for anybody who came.” What’s more, he’d bought two books and had Geoghegan sign them. Talk to Mike Fitzgerald, he said.
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“What else does the Club do except campaign?” wrote Geoghegan 13 months ago in a letter to the Labor Management Standards Administration. “Nothing, so far as anyone can tell….The Fitzgerald tributes are not money ‘under the table.’ The employers are actually purchasing the tables! They send the money with testimonials like, ‘Brilliant job!’ ‘Best wishes!’”
