The Stevedores - What Lies They Tell

<p>The winter of 1960 was cold and the life near water was unpleasant for the poor souls who had to make a living working full-time at the Nosemelc New Jersey shipyard.<br>You could here the horn blaring throughout the terminal compound while simultaneously a yellow light would begin blinking on and off letting everyone know that they had to be at their stations before the light went dark. It was a signal that was most dreaded unless it was a red light then you knew that danger was looming.<br>Big John J. Agniszak is his name a 6'4 bully from Trenton New Jersey with ties to some unsavory characters. He has held his position for the past 10 years as the general manager of the shipyard like a gangster with his willingness to do some shady things to hold his power with either money influence or just fear.</p>