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Weill also present a case study of the mis-<br />

management of a welfare fund oper<strong>at</strong>ed by one of these<br />

lQcals.<br />

And I mean here j<strong>us</strong>t to talk about the high<br />

points of the hearing itself. But we will also present<br />

an analysis of the construction ind<strong>us</strong>try in New Y<strong>or</strong>k,<br />

taking literally a step <strong>at</strong> a time, a hypothetical<br />

building, and explaining which families a contract<strong>or</strong> is<br />

dealing with, literally from the ground up, and which<br />

,<br />

unions he is dealing with in <strong>at</strong>tempting to build a<br />

building in New Y<strong>or</strong>k city. 1n New Y<strong>or</strong>k today a building<br />

cannot be constructed without dealing with several mob<br />

controlled unions along the way.<br />

This view from the priv<strong>at</strong>e sect<strong>or</strong> and <strong>this</strong><br />

view from the top, both from c<strong>or</strong>p<strong>or</strong><strong>at</strong>e management as<br />

well as union officials, is designed to inf<strong>or</strong>m the<br />

Commission. To some degree the Commission's choices<br />

are narrower than explaineu by whether <strong>or</strong> not management<br />

is in a position to do something about it, 'whether <strong>or</strong><br />

not lab<strong>or</strong> <strong>at</strong> the top is prepared to do something about<br />

the problem of <strong>or</strong>ganized crime in lab<strong>or</strong> unions today.<br />

\ In the event th<strong>at</strong> management and lab<strong>or</strong> <strong>at</strong> the<br />

top is simply not in a position to take action <strong>or</strong> is<br />

unwilling <strong>or</strong> unable to take action, the Commission's<br />

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