Teamsters

Your article “Teamsters Convene Under Gaze of Justice Department” (front page, June 23) omits a few little known but interesting facts on former Teamster presidents:

1. Dave Beck was convicted, yes, but President Ford commuted his sentence.

2. Jimmy Hoffa was sent to federal prison in 1967 for eight years but in 1971 President Nixon commuted his sentence.

3. Jackie Presser was a Reagan supporter and apparently was eagerly courted by the Reagan Administration.

A pause for thinking of wrongdoing and forgiveness.

CRIS KAUFMAN

Irvine