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Katzenbach Says War on Crime Is GainingWASHINGTON (AP)Atty. ping is that it could kill the mor-sized crime work for about six.tained in the New York Cityarea. He predicted impressiveale of Internal Revenue ServiceGen. Nicholas Katzenbach saysthe government fight againstj agents, who have been responsi-organized crime faltered for ble for 60 per cent of organizedseveral months but has re- crime prosecutions.gained its momentum and Katzenbach, attorney generalshould yield impressive resuitsLsince February but head of thesoon.department since the resigna-He regards the effort against tion of Robert F. Kennedy last' crime of all kinds as his most September, discussed the crime important task in the Depart- j picture in an interview with The ment of Justice. Associated Press. iWmMHe is convinced that the com- Sitting in on the interview mitment of J. Edgar Hoover were Ass’t. Atty. Gen. Fred M. and the Federal Bureau of In- Vinson Jr., chief of the depart-vestigation in combating the ment’s criminal division, and organized underworld is “be- William G. Hundley, head of yond question.” that division’s organized crime!He feels that the most serious!and racketeering!threat posed by recent disclo- j section. “There was some* sures of unauthorized wiretap- slowdown in the pace of organ-months beginning last September,” Katzenbach said, “It was a period of transition. Agentswere wondering whether I had the same status and outlook as Bobby Kennedy, whether Sheldon Cohen over at IRS would be the same as Mortimer Caplin, whether Joe Fowler would take the same line at Treasury as Douglas Dillon.results in the fight against Chicago’s deep-rooted crime syndicate.I“My crime experts told me it would be impossible not to experience some sort of letup. But it’s picked up now, and we’re getting someplace. I don’t see how you can say there’s been any deterioration in the effort,” Katzenbach said the pace of prosecutions has been main-“We’re already getting some results in Chicago,” he said, “and that’s highly encouraging. You’ve got Sam Giancana in jail, and I think you can look for a steady stream of new cases in the next 38 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, even while I was only acting attorney general.”IIlt;IIlt;»t}(!i
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1965
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