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Fast Eddie for Helping Himself & the Rich to Our Tax Money Published by Mcappleseed Publications Soc I Single Copy, 5 Or More Are 40C Apiece {oo I WANTEDI THE. (ITY WILL (E>ME, Washington-668,176 1"0 OR~t.R! (Mayor of Chicago) Vrdolyak - 17,197 (10th Ward Aid) '.;}i Fast Eddie For Helping Himself & the Rich TO Our Tax Money Published by McAppleseed Publications SOc I single copy, 5 or more are 40c apiece. Bulk discounts available. Afterword by Edited by Ike Mezo TO ORDER, CALL: (312) 221-8040 Slim Coleman Griever USWA Local 65 ,---------------------_... -- ~ .~l e:,1 tr I~ stop Fast Eddiel Our 'City is under seige by an evil cabal of rich powerbrokers who will not give way to the people's mandate for Reform. Their interest is not better government, but their own personal enrichment-and the public be damned! At the heart of this evil cabal is Ed Vrdolyak, 10th Ward Alderman and chair of the Cook County Democratic Party. We, the undersigned, deplore Fast Eddie's behavior and hereby signify our support for reform so that Chicago can be run for the benefit of its millions of hardworking citizens. Rudy Lozano Ted Smolarek . Former ILGWU Organizing Director President, USW A Local 3745 Neil Burke Carl Turpin Business Manager Griever, Coke Plant and Blast UW A/UE Local 1154 Furnace, USW A Local 1033 Erk Randall Frank Lumpkin PresidentUW A/UE Local 1154 Chairman, Wisconsin Steel Save Our Jobs Committee Barry Romo Chief Steward, Tour I, AMF O'Hare Bill Shunas Mailhandlers Division, Laborers Editor of The Courier Internat'l Union of North America AMF O'Hare-Midway T Local American Postal Workers Union Dan Swinney Vice President and Chair of Ike Mezo Grievance Committee, Griever, 44" Slab & 96" Plate USW A Local 8787 Mill, USW A Local 65 Tom Farr Mickey Jarvis Griever 14" FSW, Trustee, USW A Local 1720 USW A Local1033 t ~.. --------- ---.- I r 1 I .., contents Fast Eddie Prince of Darkness. ............ 1 Maury Richards prince of The Cabal-ocrats .......................................... 5 All Chicago City News (May 14, 1983) Darkness Wisconsin Steel ........................................... 8 Tradition Lives On ........................................ 10 By Maury Richards Mike Royko (November 23, 1978) © Reprinted with permission Our Mr. Fastbusk ......................................... 13 The Indictment: Attempted Murder Mike Royko (March 26, 19&2) On July 21, 1960, a Cook County $1 Million Political Fund ................................... 16 1 HIS IS A l:OPY OF Grand Jury returned an indictment ,\ LE(i,\1. DOCUMENT Taxes .................................................. 17 against Edward Vrdolyak and four NOT A FAKE - Afterword ............................................... 18 others for "Conspiracy to Kill". G. J s"--_,,,l$-.· ___ Gl:l-;I.RAL Slim Coleman Fast Eddie eventually beat the rap No._60~~ ==== while Joseph Salas, a boyhood Criminal Court of Cook County Edited by: Ike Mezo friend and indicted co-conspirator July' Tenn, A. D.19 ~ McAppleseed Publications in the case took the fall. Ed Vrdolyak and Salas have remained The P_ple of the Slate of IIImois 1983 vs. tight. Salas was rewarded with a ::c.·."rd R. Vrdolyak, et a1 city job. Ike Mezo Joe Salas has kept busy over the years. Described by U . S. prose­ INDICTMENT FOR Ike Mezo is the Griever for the 44" ·'::::'?:S?J~~. :;0 ~~ILL Slab Mill & 96" Plate Mill, USWA cutors as "a professional hit man", Local 65, U.S. Steel South Works. he is presently in Florida facing He was born in South Chicago to a trial for interstate trafficking in A TRUE Bill. family with three generations of drugs, and the brutal murder of a ';':10caB .J ~ 0Uroy union activism in the USWA and the POItDfAl'I Of" THE ca.om ron Florida agricultural inspector. '-=-=---=--::-. =..- = United Mineworkers (UMW). He WTTNESS&.' was in the Marine Corps and received • _ •• - ~.2· ~o a Purple Heart in Vietnam. He has We apologize for the quality of this ".: '~~'~' i~~7;;~ ~;;i~c.. ~ _.= 14 years in the mills. reproduction of the indictment :- ,,:' .:.:.c. ~_. S:aall __ ,~"';' Mezo recently was an organizer against Fast Eddie. We have been , for the "Stop Treason, Benedict trying for 3 weeks to get a copy of Arnold Award" demonstration of it. For some reason it keeps getting steelworkers at the U. S. Steel lost. We still have our request on stockholders' meeting. file. You too can request a copy from FiI<d _ ,)t~!l 21. I cf:Q:. USE your Municipal Reference Library: 744-4992 Morgan Finley's office at 26th & Sidney R. Oleeft an California. It's your right. Call Bail, ~.OO Mch them at 890-3144 and ask for ocs 855 3M b.51 (FORM 11 <~"'666 us F11.1 ~ indictment #60-2320. -:'~ i~ ~2 ___________ 3 .. No KI{)[)JNG, JOE'!'? 10th Ward Club Linked to Vice, Gaming YOU'I) I\[AllY DO TMA foR ME? That is how the Chicago Tribune headlines read on March 31, 1970. ---'""/ Fast Eddie was again under scrutiny, this time by law enforcement ~ agencies seeking out his possible role in a conspiracy to promote acts of gambling and prostitution at 10th Ward "smokers". The "smokers", run by members of the 10th Ward Democratic Club, featured gambling, the "raffling" off of prostitutes, and live sex shows. Among those indicted was Peter Vrdolyak, Eddie's brother. Eight 10th Ward Democratic political figures, including Pete Vrdolyak and Mike Fitzgerald (10th Ward Democratic Club manager), pled guilty to the charges of conspiring to cross state lines to promote acts of prostitution and gambling. from the Chicago Tribune, January 27, 1971 Details of the report, including several alleged meetings between club officials and gangsters, plus a list of suspected payoffs to a Chicago policeman active in the club, were learned yesterday by The Tribune .... According to the government report, the only known effect of the warning was a shift outside the city of the sex and gambling parties to a 1 hall in East Chicago. At least two ~d"'\> ~ parties were held there before -.),~ .~, ... Indiana police threatened to ...."\...'\."~ raid them unless moved k""- dV again, the report said. ,,~\'~~ Of!.." ~~ Vrdolyak replied to ~ ~~Y ~~~ Buchanan in a letter to d~'\. ~~ his own' 'section heads ~. ~ vJS Golfing with "Joey the Clown" and precinct captains" (~ d\.-(.\ ."" ~e q'\~ 1982 was a busy year for Fast Eddie. In February he was again in the on Aug. 13, the report say. s. • -d" {)O\", \' spotlight concerning an alleged mob run crap game at an exclusive The report quotes Vrdolyak's '\.~~ 1Oe'\ letter as advising 'the Las Vegas ece~ Southwest Side country club where members lost between $30,000 and Nights will go ahead as planned.' ~ .. $40,000. The game reportedly took place on July 11 and 12, 1980 while Federal agents began their investigation of the club hundreds were on hand for a golf tournament. According to the Chicago after some of its officials were observed meeting with Tribune, Vrdolyak came "as the guest of Arthur Greco" a club member Ralph Pierce, the crime syndicate'S gambling boss, .; with a previous conviction on gambling charges. The Tribune reported and their aides. that, "Vrdolyak played golf on July 11 with Joseph (Joey the Clown) Vrdolyak, who the report said deposited $5,000 in Lombardo, Greco, and club member Nello Sabatini". Lombardo, a the club's bank account on Dec. 15, 1969, has denied reputed mobster was recently convicted of attempting to bribe a U.S. any wrongdoing." Senator. ,.., 4 5 .. Playing With Fire The Cabal-ocrats In August of 1982, Fast Eddie was called in to testify at the arson trial ~ Reprinted from the All Chicago City News, May 14, 1983 . of confidence man and convicted felon Archie Burton whom Vrdolyak ,. described as a "good friend". Vrdolyak testified under oath that he The History Of arranged and co-signed a $22,600 loan for Burton, using the con man's "Fast Eddie" vrdolyak 35-foot boat as collateral. Burton was charged with torching the boat to collect the insurance money. "The fire was definitely arson," Racine Although Vrdolyak has been accused of misconduct numerous times, [Wisc.] Fire Lt. William S. Jones told the Tribune. Vrdolyak admitted the elusive alderman and ward committeeman from the 10th Ward has that on the insurance policy, he was listed as the owner and beneficiary always managed to avoid an actual conviction. Listed below are just 20 of the allegedly arsoned boat. Despite Eddie's claims that his being examples of Vrdolyak's many activities since 1973. listed as the owner of the boat was a "mistake", the Tribune reported that Vrdolyak nevertheless filed a claim for $25,000 with the insurance • June 1973: Charged by the Cook County State's Attorney with company when he learned that the boat had gone up in flames. willfully failing to file a complete 1973 income disclosure statement. • January 1974: Found guilty of not paying $36,512 in real estate taxes (Maury Richards is afonner Executive Board member of USWA Local on his office building on South Commercial Ave. 1033 and was elected Constitutional Convention delegate from Local • January 1974: Charged with holding a liquor license while serving as 1033 in 1982. He is currently laid off) a public official. • February 1974: Target of a grand jury investigation of "ambulance chasing" in the 1972 Illinois Gulf Central railroad crash. Vrdolyak is and the money rolls in . .. charged with sending Chicago policemen to solicit cases from injured Michael Fitzgerald Who? victims in the hospital. • February 1975: Charged with promising contractors help in zoning Michael Fitzgerald, the former 10th Ward Democratic Club manager and licensing problems in return for charging less to remodel his and convicted co-defendant with Peter Vrdolyak in the "girl raffling" $110,000 home. caper, got in the news again for contributing $5,000 to Mayor Daley's campaign fund. At the time he had recently defaulted on two large loans • February 1977: Accused of sending a precinct captain to solicit clients from a CTA EI crash in the Loop.
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