Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. In a manner of speaking, Sidney Korshak owned not only the Riviera, he owned Jimmy Hoffa too. Paul "Red" Dorfman was closely aligned to several infamous Mafia figures, i.e. Sam Giancana, for instance, was 92-349.. Producer Robert Evans was a regular at Korshaks parties. (I didnt enjoy it at all was Turners less told side of the story.). In her Chicago suit against him, which she entered fresh from a Maine drunken-driving bust, she sought a quarter of a million, claiming that he had promised to marry her aboard the le de France. In 1951, he persuaded two trustees of the fund, Frank Fitzsimmons and an employer trustee, to move the fund's business to the newly formed Chicago branch of Union Casualty Agency, despite the fact that Allen had no experience in the insurance business. My daughter was murdered, and I started this new career writing, and a whole new life opened up to me, and I became known and successful. According to Richard Lindberg, the author of Chicago by Gaslight, Jake Guzik and his brother Harry were already working for Colosimo as pimps and brothel keepers by 1910, the year that the lavish Colosimos Caf opened on South Wabash. Joe Kraus of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society believes that it was Guzik who brought in Sidney Korshak. He was born Allen Dorfman, even though his mother was not yet married to Dorfman, but as a teenager also went by the name Allen Melnick, which may have been his biological father's name. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Learn more. Irving Cutler, the author of The Jews of Chicago, told me of Guziks storming into the office of the Jewish Daily Forward one day, raising hell about a piece implying that he was a gangster. The hidden owners were Moe Dalitz and his partners, the Silent Syndicate who founded the Desert Inn and went on to become the hidden owners of the Riviera and then ultimately La Costa. Wassermans rise at MCA in Chicago was meteoric. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. He is a tall man in his early 50s. Organized crime in America was democracy in action. Dorfman was fiercely protective of Hoffa. Ted, previously scheduled to appear in felony court two days later on a charge of larceny, was released without bond. Its a fairy tale., The author did, however, eventually come to know who Korshak was. He and Lucky Luciano, a habitual moviegoer, were born in Sicily in the same year, 1897. He was alleged to be a narcotic addict and somewhat of a confidence man. Tony just loved Ben Siegel, Anhalt said. Dorfman was an operative for Al Capone and later became a friend and associate of Jimmy Hoffa. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. Arraigned in uniform, he was moved from the Waldorf-Astoria to the Tombs. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. One was brought by the stage and film starlet Dorothy Appleby against the Chicago furniture heir Sidney M. Spiegel Jr. Appleby, 29, was described in a New York Review profile of 1930 as one of our most prominent flappers. In 1925 she had appeared to be married to Teddy Weinstein, a Broadway character who also went by the name of Teddy Hayes and who told people that he was Jack Dempseys trainer. He was a high ranking Teamster member, who was also good friends with Jimmy Hoffa. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. Actually, she said, Sidney was an enigma., Enigma. The earliest documentation of Korshaks private practice appeared soon after his arrest: in two handwritten court reports, from September and October 1931, S. R. Korshak is listed as the defense counsel at the bench trial of a pair of young hoods charged in the matter of a stolen Chrysler. He made a living as a "confidence man," a jewel thief, and a heroin dealer. Advertisement. Thanks for the photo of Paul Red Dorfman. [9], During the late 1950s, Dorfman became involved in approving loans for the Teamsters' Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund. But there was nothing he wished to say. He was like a little baby. One thing you can be sure of, I said, is that he was brilliant. And I thought, Why are they being so mean to this man? Technically, Paul Dorfman was Allen's step-father. Reached in London, Harry Korshak did indeed seem like a nice man. But Korshak is no longer enthralled. His son was Allen Dorfman, whose picture I have. During our mutual musing one evening, Joe Kraus of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society wondered aloud if the mystery could ever be solved. The party had been given by Harry Karl, the wealthy head of a chain of shoe stores, in honor of a visiting Democratic national committeeman from Illinois, Korshaks old friend Jacob Arvey, who had just triumphantly put across his protg, Adlai Stevenson, at the Democratic National Convention. The UK-China plan for new nuclear build in England defy the evolving reality of 21st century power networks, writes Paul Dorfman. The Korshaks lived in luxury fabulous even by Bel Air standards. Nobody at Hilton seemed to know what, if anything, Korshak had done for them in those 13 years. The grantor-grantee records of Los Angeles County show that the property was granted to Korshak by deed from Karls Shoe Stores, Limited. Though, like the forces of the government for so many years, the series could not conclusively indict him on anything, it did have its effect. Korshak visited him there in 1940. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit. Chicagos stranglehold on Hollywood seemed invincible. As they cry out for death at my hands, theirs become the prominent voices on my tape. Accardo expanded the mob's hegemony from Chicago into Las Vegas. He loved good food, and he used to take me to these wonderful restaurants in Chicago, the fun places. The Chicago Tribune was given pause. In 1960, Korshak had been similarly called in to resolve labor difficulties that threatened the start of the Santa Anita racing season. The hundreds of millions lent by the Fund to Vegas casinos and other Mob enterprises were arranged largely by Korshak, who collected a generous fee for every deal made. It was an era, if you can imagine, when, in Vegas, we dressed up. But it didnt turn out that way. Because my mother reads your paper, he bellowed. But the phenomenon is global. Indeed, it has long been believed that the character of the consigliere played by Robert Duvall in The Godfatherthe lawyer who had that horses head put in the producers bedwas based on Korshak. And, so, Sidney Korshak. Theres always that wonderful feeling ofand here Dunne himself whisperedknowing someone in the underworld. Hoffa became president of Detroit Local 299, and in 1936 married a Polish girl. Neither Francis Coppola, the films director, nor its star, Marlon Brando, could envision the picture without Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. He always tried to help people. It is likely that Dorfman served as a liaison between Al Capone's Chicago Outfit and key Chicago politicians and administrators. Was there ever an air of danger about him? Cancel anytime. Thats why I was in the picture. He was very close to Jimmy Hoffa, and Hoffa respected him. After the Mob moved in on the Teamsters, Kupcinet says, Sidney was very important in getting loans through Jimmy Hoffa., When Hoffa disappeared, there was speculation, Kupcinet told me, that Sidney had lost his main man. Everything was for sale. Enjoy millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more, with a free trial. Born in Poland on 22 May 1901. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Paul "Red" Dorfman Teamsters Union Thug Jimmy Hoffa Associate. , Print length Korshak lost the case. I mean, it was a jazzy Sunday-night group., Dunne, who enjoyed taking social snapshots, was well known for bringing his Rollei camera to parties. He wrote extensively on the Dorfman family and also the connections to Jack Ruby. When Korshak was mentioned in an Associated Press dispatch from Hollywood in the summer of 1952, it was as an innocent. (Dalitz, who once listed his religion as preferably Jewish, was a founding member of the latter.) It was obvious, he said, that he was the lawyer for the guys in Chicago.. Theyre not MAGA. Soon that hollow jack-olantern of a smile would be blown to hell, and Korshak would know something about that too. When they moved in concert, there was not a candidate that could not be elected or ruined, not a problem that could not be caused or solved, not a deal that could not be made or killed. He was a lawyer, yes, a serpent of the bar, and in many respects he may be regarded as an exemplar of the species at its most evolved, but that is too convenient a label by which to define or dismiss him, for his domain lay beyond the imaginings of most members of his profession. It eliminates the killer, a corridor of', Saa Fransicso's he hit man, the contract' gun. Could it be a reference to Hy "Red" Larner a mobster who reported to Chicago mobster Sam Giancana and first came to the attention of law enforcement in the 1950s when he was identified at Senate racketeering hearings as a mob higher-up. He said, You know all that bullshit about Ben being killed because he spent too much money? One project was the Sinatra home on Foothill. One thing is clear: all roads lead back to the city of Chicago, where the web had originated. He and his wife, Lynn, had four children, James, Michael, David and Kim.[7]. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel. But Pacino was bound by contract to do another movie at MGM, whose top brass refused to release him. He acted as "muscle" for mobsters Fifi Buccieri and Ralph Pierce and rubbed elbows with bosses Frank Nitti and Paul Ricca. 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