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PASO HERALD-POST, Wednesday, July 9,19(9Section A-Page Eleven£MinNnilllllMIIHMIIfllltHlllllimmmilNIIIIIIIIIIIHItllllHIIIMIHmitHttllltllllllllllllllllHllimiNIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIimillHlllllillllHHIIIUIIIIIIIHBy TED KNAPicrtpm Mcmw t S«OT!ior frr the f rlt;: f v# months begmrvng, or becnmng agamTHE ADMINISTRATION car show criminal ©Derations• lt;verv important’* for two rea-of 196S Cor.vict.ons ro^e from H« acknowledged that the new j,a5 Corgres? for or.!v tfV^ place m interstate sons:WASHINGTON — The Nxon 197 in fiscal l*57 to 281 in fiscal Administration s jus: gett:ngAdministrations war on organ- 1939 to sMghtlv over 300 in fit- into gear.o^e new la* aea nst or2an:??dcom me-contending, for example, that strong-arming a legitimatebusinessman to use a certainadded to the strike forces. TheAttornes General also is studv-irad crime, picking up where Cdj 19*9. wh;ch ended June 30.former Attorney General Rob-Petersen said wiretappingcrime, and it s a.med prira-A 4 t.r. add :,on the Administra-IT BILL ENABLE about fjfft 0f trucks is “restraint oftng possible new legislation inthis field.itnd “bugg ng is proving to be rii- aJ gambling. One v.ause♦ iupporting a bill intro- ^200 IRS agents to get back into trade.” Mitchell has spoken of Mitchell, who was Nixon’;trt F. Kennedy left off five FEDERAL AGENTS point to “very, very effective.” He would make it a Federal crimeduced by Sen. Roman L. Hrus- gamblingfight against syndicate getting courts to impose heavy1968 campaign manager,year* ago. is just beginning to ^ convictions sn the past few sai(* wiretapping made it pos- to operate a large-scale gam-ka lt;R.. Neb.) to reimpose thefines and assess triple dam- gnows ^at when 1972 rollsIt will dram off an impor- tges tgainst crima syndicatesget crankedu pvearsof these Cosa Nostra t*114 t0 hnk a $100- biing enterprise. The other10 per cent gross tax on gam- tant share of the profits from monopolistic practices.around he will be heldThoae who hive watched ieaderf: Vito Genovese (now bj!! wuntarfeiting operation inbling. which was invalidated illegal gambling.•uch campaigns abb and flow •inca the '‘Roaring Twenties”Cleveland, Ohio, to Mario wou!d make. !t * Federal by a Supreme Court decision Attacking organized crime MITCHELL HAS NOT yet Pro*r€S5«accountable for showing whatif any, has beendead), of New York: Sam who w* indicted on °^ense t0 bribe local or star* which left the way open to through its pocket book is abehevt it will be a few yearsbefore the Federal Govem-Giancana, Chicago; StefanoMaggaddino, Buffalo; Frankcharges of possession and con- °^lc*ajs» including police, an revise the tax.Mitchell specialty. He hasfiled such a case, but antitrustmade against the elusive target known variously if thement can seriously wound the principal criminal organization, Cosa Nostrr (also knownas the Mafia), which has as much manpower and more money than the FBI.PRESIDENT NIXON andBahstriari, Milwaukee; SamDeCavalcante, Newark: Carlos Marcello. New Orleans,and Ray Patriarca, Providence, R.I.But their organizations have continued to function, either under their direction from•piracy to sell the bogus bills and whom Petersen describedarea in which Federal agentsPetersen said reimposition promised toapply antitrust l*wyan from tbs Justice Mafia. Cota Nostra, ths Syadinow can function only if they o? the gambling tax would be laws against organized crime. Departmentcate and Organized Crime.Attorney General John N.Mitchell, who made crime-busung a major part of theNixon campaign last fall, have made two notable moves in theprison or by lieutenants. With5000 Cosa Nostra members in22 families, the imprisonmentscertainly have not decimatedas the kingpin in the scheme.Wiretapping is deemed especially valuable in investigations of gambling syndicates. Since that’s where the biggestprofits are reaped by organized crime, and since it may he the biggest field for convictions, the Nixon Adrmnis'ra-tion’s initial thrust is againstorganized crime’s ranks.illegal gambling.fight against organized crime —Wiretapping and electronicAs Clark once put it: “Moreof their guys are being hurt inTHOUGH SOME FORMS of•tvodropping in major organ- “r odent, than by the Gov- gambling ,™ legal in torn.ized-crime investigation*, dis-eminent.statei, Mitchell contends itcontinued by President Johnson soon after RFK left theBUT A-NEW effort hasmust be eradicated as muchJustice Department, havebegun.as possible because of its sidebeen resumed m what is now aNixon asked Congresseffects—corruption of locale 4very cases.limitedffnumber of million in fiscal 1970 for officials, financing of the Cosathe organizedNostra, deprivation of theThera have been someincreases in manpower and requests for money for the organized crime section in Justice, including expansion and refinement of strike forcesan increase of $25 million. It P°°r* arM* °ther crimes result-will be used for more manpow- mg from gambling operations.erA major difficulty is that thStrike forces now are operating in Buffalo, Brooklynnew operating in nine bigDetroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark, Boston, Miami and,victims usually are willing, as they are in prostitution, na--cotics and usurious loan-making.cities where organized crime is concentrated.another soon will be in Manhattan and the Bronx. MostPetersen said anyone who doubts the horrible side effectsteams have 15 to 20 full-timeTHE FIRST of the presentstrike forces — teams of Jus-s and investigators,one for the Southernof organized crime should take note of the New York casetice Department lawyers andinvestigators working full-time with other Federal agents and sometimes with local authori-District of New York (Manhattan and the Bronx) will hav 40.exposed last month in which seven AP stores were setThreetieswas deployed in 1967 by to be established this year,afire and two employes killed when a Cosa Nostra gang triedto compel the supermarketchain to buy an inferior deter-then Attorney General Ram- and seven next year. While *ent-CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS$10,000SURETY 8AVIN08Proposed Annual Rats5710 TROWBRIDGECompounded and Paid Semi Annually•ey Clark. They revived eome- they ire not announced in advwhat similar teams estab- ance, they are expected to belished by Kennedy, who in turn located in Los Angeles, St.patterned them after crime- Louis, Kansas Citv, New Orle-busting squads working under former Attorneys General Herbert Brownell and William P.ans, Pittsburgh, NorthernOhio, Nevada and Arizona.eRogers, who followed the leadUSUALLY THEYofof Thomas E. Dewey when he fjve justice Department attor-was racket-busting attorney general of New York.The Federal Government’sandCustoms, Internal Revenuefight against organized crime slipped badly after Kennedy left, partly because some ofthe men he recruited left withService, Labor Department,Narcotics Bureau, Post Officeand Secret Service, assignedfull-time for an indefinitehim and partly because Johnson Imposed manpower freezes. The number of attorneys inthe Justice Department’s organized crime sectionlength of time.They concentrate on investigating and breaking up operations in gambling, narcotics, prostitution, extortion, loan-dropped from 70 to kotow 50. s.hirkl« and crlm'nal infiItraIndictments and convictionsdropped correspondingly.businesses.legitimate“Strike forces are the focalIN THE FINAL YEAR of P°int °* our battle againstJohnson’s term, with crimeone of the top campaign issues, a crash program brought the number of attorneys up to 74 and sharply increased the number of persons indicted and convicted inorganized crime,” said HenryE. Petersen, deputy assistantattorney general who headedthe organized crime sectionracketeering and organizedcrime cases. These have con-for three years until his recentpromotion. He and his successor, William S. Lynch, and their boss. Will Wilson, assist-ant attorney general in chargetinued to rise, but not sharply, of the Criminal Division, arein the first half of 1969.the Justice DepartmentPersons convicted in cases most directly responsible forbrought by the organized the organized crime fight.crime section rose from 342 in1967 to 434 in 1968. There wereslightly more than 200 convic-PETERSEN, IN an interview, said the fight is onlyDobs It com# with an automatic ico maker?If you want it to. And it’s a largecapacity ice maker that fills,freezes and dispenses ice cubesautomatically. If you don’t need theice maker now, this refrigerator itbuilt so you can add one anytime.tIla it raomiar insid#without boing bulkiar outside?With WPstinghouse you get a 25.2cubic foot refrigerator and freezerin less than a yard of floor space.Made possible by sturdy Slim-WaBdesign with thinner, moreefficieotinsulation. More storage spacewithout more floor space. 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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Wed, Jul 09, 1969
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