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WASHINGTON, m - Atty. Gen. Nichdlaf Kajzenbach says the government fight against; organized Crime faltered - for several month's- but has regained its momentum; arid should:yield Impressive; results soon.He regards the effort against crime of “all dtiiids-as his. most Important ta sk in - the • Department of Justice....He is convinced that 'the commitment of J; Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau- of'in-t , ... ,vestigation in combating the or4the pace of organized • erijne would be impossible not to exper-work for about six'months beginning . last September,”: Kat-zenbaeh said: “It was a period of transition; Agents .were wondering whether I had the . same status and outlook as Bobby Kennedy, whether Sheldon; .Cohen over at ERS would be .the same as-.Mortimer.. Cap I i n, whether - Joe Fowler would take the same line at treasury.. as Doiiglas Difion.:*•*My crime experts told me itlence some sort .of , letup. . But it’s- picked ; iip mow,-and: we’re getting;; sbmepiacel i ^ddn’t see|how you -can say-there’s ■ beenaiiyi deterioration M ■ the ef-fort,”;v ■ V- - .ganized underworld' is' ‘beyond [With Skuii Piercedquestion.”, ‘ ■ ' \ r-k A ' i n ! ;V:'And he feels that the mo sf By Mfitfll rO16 serious threat posed by recentdisclosures of unauthorized wiretapping is that it-could .kill the morale of Internal Revenue Sendee agents, who have been responsible for 60 per cent of organized crime; prosecutions.KATZENBACSf, attorney genera! since February but head of the department since the resignation of Robert F. Kennedy, last September; it discussed thecrime picture in an'interview with The Associated Press.Sitting in on the interideW were assistant Attyf ■ Gen; •• Fred M^ymson rcfiief. of the de-par-bnent’s -criminal division. alfcWilliam G,:. Hundley, ..head ojjhat divJsioii’s. p rganizedcrime- and^racketeering section. |f|There was- some; slowdown inNEW YORK. ® — A NewYork secretary remained, in critical condition today with her skull pierced by a metal-tipped window pole that dropped nine floors. • ... ; -■ The pole fell from the sill .of an employment agency office, and struck Frances Levin, 45. Miss Levin was,;; among a lunch hour crowd watching police make an arrest on 42nd Street near Broadway.Police-sawed off two feet .of the wooden, inch-thick pole before-'placing Miss Levin in an ambulance, SeveraTYinches of the pole remained embedded in her-head. •• She- underwent’ a six-hour operation. at: St. Clare’s Hospital to' remove, the pole:KATZENBACH SAID the paceof prosecutions: hhs .been maintained;, in the.; ;Ne\v'. ? York City area,-' And - he predicted impressive ..results in ;ihe: fight; againstChicago’s deej^rooied- c r i m e .syhdicate^-;v;We?re: abread^ : getting some results in Chicago,” lie; said, yand that’s highly encouraging. You’ve«got Sam Giancana in jaih jand T think you can - look for a steady stream of new cases in the next 18 months.”During the : winter transition, he recalled, “I .met with all of our organized. crime people to see that the. momentum wasn’t lost. I talked to; President Johnson at length on the- subject, and he ' gave me carte blanche to push the - program, e v e'n while i • was- only - .acting: attorney general.”;He added: “We’ve always boasted about the increase in the number of racketeering indictments and convictions since I960 — something like 1,200 per cent. Well now these figures will tend to-level, off. But it’s not because our effect has deteriorated: The cases left are the hardest and will take more time”
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Wed, Jul 21, 1965
Page 4
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