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Square Garden in New York, pro-
feSSional basketball.
Everett Dean, Stanford Uni
versity basketball coach, college
basketball.
Bert Bell, National Football
League commissioner, professional
football
The announcement was made
at a news conference hastily called
by Drew j. T. O'Keefe, secretary
of Mr.. McGrath's conference on
Organized Crime.
That group, meeting first on
February Is. 1850. led to the
establishment of the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee. under
the Craftsmanship of Senator Ke-
fauver, Democrat, of Tennessee.
Mr.. O'Keefe said the conference
will meet again in mid October to
look into gambling on sports.
Some 500 law enforcement officials
from all over the country will at
tend.
On September 13, Mr.. Murray
and his committee will meet with
Mr.. McGrath to discuss the di-
rection of their investigation.
Mr. O'Keefe made public the
text of a letter Mr.. McGrath sent
Mr.. Murray and the other mem
bers of his committee. In it, the
Attorney General said:
"One of the problems which
will undoubtedly face the con-
ference is the infiltration of gam
bling operations into amateur and
professional sports"
Declines to Elaborate.
{ O'Keefe would not say whether
Mr.. McGrath has any informa-
ton on any sports gambling activ-
tiles other than the recent dis
closures involving college basket
ball players.
And Mr.. Murray said he has
"no knowledge of gambling in
sports other than what I have
read in the newspapers"
The college basketball gambling
scandal broke. late last winter
when New York City officials ar
rested a number of gamblers and
college basketball players. charg-
ing them with fixing scores.
Since then, the scandal has
spread to the Midwest. More than
a score of cage stars have been
arrested. Some colleges have dis
continued basketball.
Mr.. O'Keefe said he could not
predict "the direction of the in
vestigation," adding that it was
up to Mr.. Murray's committee,
Mr.. sMcGrath and the Attorney
Generals Conference to decide
what steps to take.
Not "a Black Eye"
Both Mr., OKeefe and Mr.. Muir
ray emphasized that the investi-
cation should not be considered
as "a black eye" for sports. "AS
a matter of fact" Mr.. Murray
said. I'VE may find that no action
lis necessary
The Government does not have
the power to prosecute unless
there is evidence of transporting
."fix" funds across State lines or
|of gamblers using the mails.
The conference and the Murray
committee are expected to come
up with recommendations for new
laws-Federal, State and munich
pal.
And, Mr.. OKeefe said in an
Swer to a question, it is possible
that the Government will set up
a new investigating committee. on
the Kefauver committee pattern,
TO cOnQucC an lnVeSLlgaLlon ex-
clusively in sports.
He said that "the Murray COM
mittee is something the country
definitely needs"
Mr.. Murray, 36. has been direc-
tor of athletics at Pennsylvania
for only two seasons. 1t was un-
der his regime that Penn insti-
tuted the victory with honor"
code described this WY by Presi-
dent Harold E. StasseS.
Victory with honor is the aim
of the athletic policy at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Through the Red-and-Blue
tradition, / foresee a remarkable