Evening star., 1951-04-17
Senate 10 Be Asked
Today 10 Extend Life
OF Kefauyer Inquiry

OF kefauver Inquiry
Republicans called today for a
prompt decision by the Senate on
whether to set in motion again
the sensational probe of crime
and the underworld.
Senator Wiley. Republican, OF
Wisconsin, said he would intro
duce during the day a resolution
to extend the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committees life to
next January Is. Senator Wiley
and Senator Tobey. Republican.
of New Hampshire. COP mem
bers Of the committee, are spon-
soring the resolution.
Senator Wiley told q reporter
he planned to, ask the Senate to
set aside next Monday to act on
the resolution, without referring
it to regular committee. Fail
ing in that. he said, he would ask
for a committee recommendation
no later than Tuesday.
He pressed for decision in the
face of recommendation from a
special commission Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association that efforts
now be centered on passing anti
crime laws.
Has Numerous Leads.
Senators Wiley and Tobey argue
the Crime Committee has snumer-
MRS. w. M. WILEY.
Gus leads, it should follow up and
that Investigations should be made
IN Baltimore, Pittsburgh. Wash
ington and other cities not covered
In the committees dramatic tour
ing inquiry over most of the past
year.
The Bar Association commission,
headed by former Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson, recon-
mended yesterday a limited extern
sier of the Crime Committee only
to help get anti-crime measures
written into law.
Mr.. Patterson said the commits
sion feels the committees job of
exposing the operations Of inter-
state crime has been finished and
that mo time should be lost in
formulating new laws and secur-
Ing, their passage"
The Crime Committee now is
due to expire the end of this
month after submitting its recon-
mendations.
Chairman Kefauver withheld
comment for the present on the
bar groups recommendatie-.. He
has opposed any further extern
sion of the present committee. It's
life was extended once, for 80 days.
Mr.. Patterson said his group felt
the Senate committee should be
kept alive temporarily. He said
bills the group will recommend
In its final report would have a
better chance of enactment if they
had the backing of the crime COM
mittee members as a group rather
than as individual Senators.
Commission Financed by Grant.
1--WE prefer not to see the legis-
lation left efphans.Y Mr.. Patter-
son said. .. .s. -,
But he added that once the
legislation Is passed, the Bar AS.
sociation group would regard the
crime committees work as done.
MFR. Patterson also said his group
did not favor a permanent Senate
crime committee.
The commission was created by
the Bar Association at its. annual
convention here last September.
It has been financed by a $25, 900
grant fro mthe Rockefeller Foun-
dation.
Mr.. Patterson said his commits
sion has followed with close at
tention the work Of the Kefauver
Committee.
The commission planned to pass
along its own recommendations
now nearing completion, to the
Kefauver Committee, as we'll as
recommendations to State Legis-
latures to curb crime. 1t will sug-
gest new laws to Senator Kefauver
and his colleagues. It will seek
better activity to meet the crime
situation on local and State levels.
It will have something to say
about behavior of some members
Of the bar who work with people
In organized crime. 80
Final Report in September.
MIR. Patterson said his commits
sion also may have some recon-
mendations to make on rules and
regulations for congressional hear
ings, probably including television
broadcasts of proceedings.
The commission hopes to pre-
sent its own final report to the
ABA Convention in New York in
September. he explained.
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