Part 46 (1/2)
Daniel nodded There seemed to be very little that Lansky had not heard ''Breakfast September sixth with the President”
”You spoke to Adaain Daniel nodded
Lansky's voice was approving ”Good contact Stay close to him”
”I plan to,” Daniel said
Lansky was silent for a while ”Eisenhoill get in again You can be sitting pretty if you play your cards right,”
”I've got hed for the first time It was a dry, almost e of disaster”
Daniel laughed aloud as he poured himself another drink This ti could happen is that I fall off”
Lansky looked at him ”How much do you think you'll need?”
”Two hundred and fifty thousand That will carry us for a year until things start falHng into place,”
”It's a lot ofthe table stakes UMW's pension fund must have more than sixty million dollars in it already, and the Teamsters' can't be far behind Co in better than two million a year”
Lansky had ot it”
”Thank you, Mr Lansky”
”Don't thank me,” Lansky said quietly ”Just remember the rules We're partners Fifty-fifty”
”Too much,” Daniel said 'There's no way I can wash that et picked up”
”How much do you think you can handle?”
”Twenty-five percent”
”That's not much”
”Maybe,” Daniel said ”But it's your coht there”
Lansky thought for a ain”
”Not hard,” Daniel said ”Just practical Both of us have enough trouble as it is We don't have to look for any more”
”Deal,” Lansky said He pressed a button on the side of the couch A moment later, the tall man who hada black attache case He placed it on the coffee table between theestured ”Open it”
Daniel pressed the buttons and the case flew open The inside was neatly packed with rows of bills, still encased in their original bank wrappers He glanced at Lansky
”A quarter of a million dollars,” Lansky said casually ”You can count it”
”I'll take your word for it,” Daniel said, closing the case He rose to his feet ”You had it all ready, Mr Lansky”
Lansky sht co out with e don't interest me, Daddy They're so i”
''And he doesn't?”
”He's been a perfect gentle about a job forreal soon”
”Sure,” he said sarcastically
Margaret looked down at her father ”Don't you believe hiet into your young hot pants, that's why,” Michael said bitterly
”Daddy!” she said sharply
”Don't Daddy me,” he said ”You knoell as I do that's what he wants” He looked up at her shrewdly ”And maybe that's what you want too”
”I won't Usten to you talking like that,” she said She started froaret!” he called after her
She turned at the doorway ”Yes?”
”I didn't etically ”It's just that I'm worried about you I told you about his reputation His drinking, and all those women I don't want you to become just another one of his woirl”
”I'm not a child anymore, Daddy,” she said in a stiff voice ”I can look after myself”
He stared at her for a ain ”Okay,” he said ”Just remember that I warned you”
The door closed behind her, and he stared into the corruption of futility If only he could get around as he used to, it wouldn't be like this But there was nothing he could do The whole of the burden was on her shoulders-the house, the other children Maybe she was right She wasn't a child anymore She didn't have the time
John L Lewis sat in the chair behind the massive desk in the heavy oak-paneled office, the s behind hiovernton Dressed as usual in a heavy dark suit, stiff white collar and tie, he reflected a stolid, single-purposed sense of power On either side of his desk were his two chief aides-ToentleDaniel looked at the two ,power and strength to bulldoze his way through opposition And at the center was John L, as equal to the two of thes they were and more, with an aura of natural leadershi+p that brooked no refusal
Leas talking ''The TVA is the largest coal customer in the world Because of their inexhaustible demand, we are faced with the countless nu without union contracts and selling coal below the prices fixed by the union mines Not only does this cause union mines to sell less coal, but it affects workers who are laid off who are union members and creates jobs for many who are not