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JclH Ui lilt: touppucd iui Yrujiu lt;uc « jjjk, iYixjw.ii suvnt-u. uiw:ransported by sea. what it was to sail the seas, seemsThe Soviets employ 9:00Cl people in becalmed in the doldrums.Organized Crime and Labor?Henry E. Petersen, chief of the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Section, which coordinates the Government's fight on crime, rarely speaks on the record to newspaper reporters. He did not seem to know that reporters were attending a conference of law enforcement privately in Washington. What he said created a furore because he linked organized crime and specific labor unions.Four or five years ago, Petersen said that Senator John L. McClellan’s Senate rackets committee was very much concerned about reports of a possible merger between the Teamsters and the International Longshoremen’s Association. No formal merger took place, but Petersen said, “I know for a moral cer-echelons, they have more than an effective liaison between the ILAP Cosa Nostra and the Teamsters-”In effect, that described the close working relationship between the nationwide organized crime syndicate known as Cosa Nostra and two of the key unions in the nation’s transportation industry. It was immediately labelled a ‘slander” by Frank E. Fitzsimmons, general vice president of the Teamsters, but Petersen stood by his statement.As Chief Justice Earl Warren told the conference, the impact of organized crime is unhealthy and corruption is the basis of organized crime. Where it thrives, organized crime is a direct assault on the community. It can be stopped by any community that is determined It shall not exist. Most union mem-
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Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 07, 1967
Page 3
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