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is held on a contempt charge as
are lawyers for him and Morr
Is months average sentence now
meter out in Federal Courts.
2. Substantial increases in the
personnel of the Bureau of Mar
cotics, which hss force of less
than 200 men to cover the entire
United States.
3. Increase State and local &C
tivities in enforcement of narcotic
laws and the establishment of spe-
ciallzed narcotics squads in areas
where drug addiction has been in
creasing.
4. Steps to enable Federal law
enforcement agencies more lati-
tude in protecting Government
witnesses and persons who furnish
information.
"Rogues Gallery" Proposed.
S. A centralized agency ito
maintain a gallery of major inter-
state racketeers, and systemat-
ically collect. correlate and dis
seminate information about them.
Mr.. Anslinger said device of
this sort would prove most helpful
in Spotlighting the operations of
major criminals.
6. A quarantine ordinance which
would conf1ne narcotics users in
controlled wards of city hospitals
until they are pronounced cured
by medical authorities.
Mr.. Synder's statement called
attention to several suggestions
being considered by the Treasury
officials and the House Ways and
Means subcommittee investigation
of the administration of the Inter-
nal Revenue laws. These included
a proposal to make it felony in
stead of a misdemeanor wilfully to
fail to file an income tax return
or wilfully fail to keep proper
books and records.
Another proposal under consid-
Grafton is to allow the statute of
limitations to run six years instead
of the present three years in cases
of wilfulfailure to file an income
tax return. Still another was the
suggestion to require a statement
of assets and liabilities to show
net worth in connection with in
come tax returns of individuals
deriving their income chiefly from
sources other than wages.
Last night, Timothy Mcmahon,
attorney for Kleinman and Roth
kopf, laid the basis for a count
test of the television issue by stat
ing before his clients took the
stand that the television cameras
were trained on the witnesses
over their protests, movie news
reel cameras were grinding away
and press photographers were
flashing their bulbs. He repeated
the same points as the two wit
nesses left the stand.
Both men quickly made bond
after being remanded to the GUS
tody of Joseph Duke, the Senate
sergeant at arms.
Chairman Kefauver described
Kleinman and Rothkopf as men,
bers of. lone of the most active
and important gambling syndi-
Gates in the United States"
Contend Rights Violated.
Both read statements saying the
presence of television and other
broadcasting equipment violated
their Constitutional rights. Then
they sat silent at the witness table,
as the committee counsel and
members fired series of questions
lat them.
The third witness, Zwillman,
also wound up facing the threat
of contempt proceedings. Twill
man, while less recalcitrant than
the Cleveland men, refused to give
the committee any details of his
Irum-running activities before the
repeal of prohibition or his finan-
cial pursuits since then.
Chairman Kefauver said the
committee would decide on con-
tempt proceedings in closed ses-
sion after today's public hearing.
Both Kleinman and Rothkopf,
brought into the hearings on a
committee warrant, were ordered
to return Friday for further con-
sideration of their cases.
At the same time, the commit
tee will decide what to do about
Guzik, who refused several days
ago to testify under similar cir
cumstances. Guzik also was held
under $4,000 bond.
Senator Kefauver said the COM
Imittee would hold closed hearings
for the rest of the week to draft
its concluding report and recon-
Imendations to Congress. The
committee is scheduled to pass
out of existence Saturday unless
the Senate. votes an extension.
Senator Kefauver said he hopes
to have the final report ready
before the deadline.
Mcfarland Awaits Report.
Senator Majority Leader Nc
Farland said he will wait until the
committee makes it's report before
taking any action toward extend
ing its life.
II am in no position now to say
whether it should be extended OF
mot" Senator Mcfarland COM
'mented.
Kleinman. Rothkopf and Twill
man were called as witnesses to
climax a full day of hearings
which brought from Attorney
General McGrath. FBI Director
]. Edgar Hoover and Judge Sam
Iuel Leibowitz of New York Spleas
for the continuation of the coro