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saff wouldn't have much chance
to work with the District Com
mittee but it would give those
who investigated the nearby
Prince Georges County situation a
chance to throw some leads to
the District committee.
It was the revelation of gam
bling activities across the District
line that prompted new demands
for full-scaIe inquiry into Dis
trict gambling.
Endorsement Of further Congress
|sional inquiry into Washington
area gambling and corruption
came today from Representative
Sasscer, Democrat, of Maryland.
Mr.. Sasscer's home is in Prince
Georges County, which has been
singled out by the Senate Crime
Committee for special attack. The
Senate investigators hit some of
Mr.. Sasscer's friends and close
political associates. One Of these
was Irwin I. Main, a Democratic
party leader who resigned as
board chairman of the Seat
Pleasant Bank after admitting
that he approved an unsecured
$4,000 loan to a man linked with
the numbers racket.
County Promises Jury Probe.
The Senate disclosures set of a
grand jury investigation here into
the alleged gambling activities of
Charles E. Nelson, a Ritchie (Md.)
horse breeder who admitted draw
ing profits for what he thought
was the numbers business.
In Prince Georges County, off,
cials promised to conduct a grand
jury investigation as result of
testimony taken by the commit
tee. One of the sensational charges
was to the effect that Nelson Of
fered County Sheriff Carleton C..
Bean $4,000 a month in return
for police protection.
To a lesser degree, authoritiesI
in Alexandria and Arlington are
looking into the crime story.
OF all the communities adjoin-
ing the District, Montgomery
County alone has received q cleanl
bill Of health.
Montgomery County repre-
sents a glaring example of the
result of law enforcement with al
view to stamping out gambling. u
said Downey Rice, counsel tol
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee. IF anybody starts
gambling in Montgomery. the Of |
ficials and the police really go toI
work on them"
Proximity Angle Argued.
Mr.. Rice said the Prince
Georges situation has been de-
Tended there on grounds that It'll
is the victim OF proximity to
Washington corruption.
1T appears from the map" said
the investigator, that Montgom-
cry is about as close to the Dis
trict as Prince Georges"
Alexandria's ace detective, In
spector Russell Hawes, planned to-
confer with Mr.. Rice today to-
obtain information about Robert
Nowland, a resident of Alexandria,
who has been identified as a num-
bers associate of Nelsn. Nowland
got the $4,000 loan from Mr.
Mains bank.
Inspector Hawes was brought
INTO the investigation by Common
wealtf1's Attorney Howard W.
jr., and City Attorney Floyd
Williams Of Alexandria. The two
officials conferred late last week
with Mr.. Rice.
The Senate investigator also
has talked with top law enforce
ment officials in Arlington. He
pointed out that several known
gamblers operated in that county
recently, and that at least two
tickers used in the gambling busi-
ness were discovered in the area.
Says He Got Meager Data.
Arlington Commemorative At
torney Denman T. Rucker said,
however. that the information
given him has been very meager."
"We wanted to talk with Mr.
Rice merely out Of curiosity to
see what we could learn. said
Mr.. Rucker. No definite links
with Arlington have been revealed
to me up to this time"
Mr.. Rice said United. States
Attorney Cienrrni Morris ElnN was