Attached is a condensed version of the 1950s radio news program "The Nation's Nightmare." This particular episode aired during a time when the media first began to intensify their coverage of the criminals that controlled the New York-New Jersey waterfront. Included in this clip are sound bites from Joseph P. Ryan, who at the time was the corrupt leader of the International Longshoremen's Association; Edward Florio, the Hoboken bootlegger turned union organizer; and the widow of a murdered hiring boss. You can currently listen to the entire program on Youtube.
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