Evening star., 1951-04-01

Motion to Action. Poee A
going the handing 50 through
window And, after all, not everybody afford winter
vacation in Florida.
The Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee has spent
months showing what happens because John mil
lions like him make 50 bet with bookie.
John G. may his bookie, but he doesn't know the
man behind the bookie the syndicate behind him. He
doesn't know that piece of his So is paying policeman to
let that booke in business He doesn't that another
piece buying political influence the pocemans boss won't
get rough with him.
His So Pays Revenue to Another Government"
He knows we'll enough where his income taxes go-to
support the Government But he doesn't realize his So
tiny part of the internal revenue for another
that uses its to buy politicians and
to underwrite shipments of narcotics to establish legitimate
businesses fronts"
maybe John O. the respectable businessman
rumors that man he knows is in the rackets.
That gangster?" John c. excaims. "why, he
trbuted handsomely charity campaign him WE'LL
He's in the dress business"
What the KefauVer committee has shown that the
in the dress business have other of
purposey designed to discourage the c best people from
taking too close look at what's happening in city hall
John Q concerned about juvenile delinquency but he
doesn't consider the feelings of youth who takes auto
youth can see for himself that nobody is moestng gambling
joint down the street So the youth learns his first lesson in
crime: That you're in with the right crowd the law doesn't
bother And John O. with his 50 bets is supporting the
right crowd.
Ramifcations of Rackets to Be Presented.
Beginning today The Star will look at what the Kefauver
committee has learned through its hearings In places
confessed their guilt only ndlrecyby refusing
questions that might incriminate them In the
connections between crooks and politicians only implied
The gambling was there was wide open and you could
draw your own conclusions about why nobody enforced the
law.
committee te-ups between
and crime. 1t found whose interests include cab
company shrimp company numerous taverns and juke-
box company along with share in the bookie business and
in the service giving the bookies fast information
from the tracks The evidence the committee said indicated
the cab solicited for prostitutes the shrimp company
trawers smugged in dope and Aliens and the avern were
the ideal locations for the bandits
The committee showed why estimated conservativey
that $40 billion changes hands yearly in organized gambling
That figure important because that's the kind of the
racketeers need to write and enforce their laws
The committee has found plenty of evidence to explain
why it's the laws of the racketeers rather than the rest of
the people that get enforced There's the Chicago police
Angeles booke syndicate that its books it paid
100000 for juice an underworld term for police pay-os
the Florida sheriff who had $4,000 in the bank when he took
office and worth $4,000 three years later.
Racketeers Helped Themselves at Elections.
there evidence-some implied, actual-that
there public office who the help of the rack
eteers to win elections and do their bidding afterwards There
put undigned position defending
themselves because they had taken from the rackets
There the who conceded that wideopen
bling could without protection, but admitted that
campaign
There were tie-ups between gambling operations and
committee found killed because they wanted
of the big Or they wanted keep others from
the unfortunate innocent bysanders' happened
in the place and witnessed something that might lead
to killer being convicted
probably the most important thing the committee
the behind the gambling the bribery
narcotics racket the Killings do not operate IN place only
found killing in Tampa following exactly the pattern
California Cleveland syndicate running gambling
clubs in Kentucky and Nevada Chicago gangster getting their
share of Fordas bookmakng profits New York rackeeer
controlling slot machines in Louisiana.
Whether they all belong to syndicate half dozen
isn't important What important is that they business
with each other and it's their combined influence that should
be worrying John O. Citizen today His the 81 bet that
helps to nourish this octopus.
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