The nation . rks harbor, the betterto hoot the Soviet ship Baltika car-rying Xikita Khrushchev to itsmooring. Although Captain William Bradley, the president, prom- NOEL E. PARMENTEL, JR., whoseforthcoming The American Estab-lishment ulU assess some of the strawbosses in American culture, politics,industry and labor, likes to spendhis spare time on the zvaterfront. 193 iscd 2,300 leather-lunged longshore-men, only a few dozen dockersshowed up for this particular mo-ment of truth. The jolly crew wascomposed, for the most part, of news-men and delegates from variousethnic anti-Communist g
The nation . rks harbor, the betterto hoot the Soviet ship Baltika car-rying Xikita Khrushchev to itsmooring. Although Captain William Bradley, the president, prom- NOEL E. PARMENTEL, JR., whoseforthcoming The American Estab-lishment ulU assess some of the strawbosses in American culture, politics,industry and labor, likes to spendhis spare time on the zvaterfront. 193 iscd 2,300 leather-lunged longshore-men, only a few dozen dockersshowed up for this particular mo-ment of truth. The jolly crew wascomposed, for the most part, of news-men and delegates from variousethnic anti-Communist groups, mostol whom were not speaking to oneanother. Although Captain Bradley andhis chief aide-de-camp, Teddy Glea-son, had warned all hands that theboat would set forth on the dot atfive , it was past six-thirtywhen the gallant hand actuallyshoved off from the Day Line eminent statesmen and anti-totalitarians as Packy Connolly andTony Anastasia were unable to beon hand for the grailing. Bradley. and Gleason had hoped for a fewstragglers to swell the scene, but—due to matchless organization and(in all fairness) to a torrential rain—nobody showed. Among the morenotable absentees were the membersol a brass band, originally scheduledto keep spirits up and to render, oncethe Soviet Premier was within ear-shot, Ill Be Glad When YoureDead, You Rascal You. It was lit-tle wonder that Bradley was in apeibet pet when he finally orderedl be skipper to set sail. But despite both the weather .mil the turnout, the trip to the Narrowswas lun all around. Sonic hoys werejing Ukrainian folk songs, amiabout 15 pet cent of the \. mem-bership was engaged in a game olfour-handed knock rummy. There IM were hot coffee and sandwiches—just as well, since most of the crew-had been up all night. The Statue ofLiberty could be seen through thefog (Bradley and Gleason had un-successfully petitioned the govern-ment for permission to blindfold MissLiberty, presumably with a sign tell-
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