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NEWSSaturday Nov. 23NOVEMBER 17, 1968DAILY 20lt; SUNDAYNUMBER 86strain-\ vs 1st-V iosonBy MALCOLM BARB Vssociated Brlt;“»s Writerw VNHfNf TON TAP) - fiffi.rials say a Justice Department campaign against organized * icrime,begunin 19*»t. is succeeding But they assert congres-jsionai tightening f purse strings is hampering the fight tagainst the Syndicate,We're stretching anding ail the while, saidant Vtty, fa n. f red M.Ir,, fif th* deportmerit s Criminal Dvisiun, but the fact is we re having to rob Peter to pay Paul to keep our people in the field. *Vinson and Henry Peterson,head of the divisi »n s organizedcrime section, report highly mo-bile task forces of federal crime fighters ar making inroads into ■. ia Cos.i Nostra, but ttv.it more money is needed for additionalmen.The task forces, spearhead of the Justice Department s most•ecent uffort igainst organized icrimr, work with other federal agents in selected cities to pro • sure orgam/ed hoodlum element!in Detroit, for example, theyI'report W* indictment12 ofithem last i hursdayrtw f isk groups have infiltrated five areas so ari? fa*.scribed by lust ice Departmentffieiais as the biggest boon to organized crime -busting sinceI 11 lOt Ness ,Like guerrilla warfare, it s difficult, \inson said in an interview. to pinpoint gam against tlx* underworld. But hi thinksgone down a bit.Some officials estimate it may take 10 years of vigorous effortto bring organized crime to heel.What voe have to do, Vinson says,‘is establish priorities ... hit them where it hurts ' Ihis is the 10b of the taskforces, and two more groupsleave the lt;i« partment for secretdestinations within the nextmonth. \ not her two. Peterson disclosed, are on the drawingboard for early next year.But V ms on and Peterson tom-plain they ve been left by C ongress *,fh inadequate funds tocarry on the war.\inson says th* department asked for 10b additional assistant I .s. attorneys and got 65. He wanted 4b more lawyers for the criminal division—a battery of five is used in each task force — and didn't get any. A demandyWifMRMmMpi()re person wa killed, six persons injured and property damage -»f $6,720 *.«•» reported in rural traffic accidents in Dm»i* l ui *i ii iiiiv .1V V iUtrlll ^ III ^ III!Wells County during October,according to Lt, F. t . C arpenter of the lexas Highway Patrol in Corpus Chriati.Duval CiMjnty was the only oth-for funds to provide 20b more narcotics agents was halved But the heat's on, and there are reports of discomfort and movement in the underworld.Vinson said an indication tixat the task force scheme is begin-nmg to pay off is the obviousunw illingnes- eg the second (Mafia) echelon to assume pow-er *Hi says a serie1-doms hasparticularlvbegunin theyears.rvf fief-emergl ng,past twoK- •w VSHINLTON (AP) - iYesi-dent Johnson has agreed with party leaders not to call a special Senate session in exchange for their pledge to act promptlySenate Republican Leader iv.erett M. Dirksen of Illinois saidhe will support thi efforts gDemocratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana to bring on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty up as quickly as ptItreaty when the new convenesongrafter the Senate meets Ian Sen. (w?urge D. \iken, H-Vt ,top minority rrfember of tt* ■Senate Foreign Relations Com-mittee, said in a view satgrdason hopebefore tf% of iYesu Nixon% IWHr' ther than the fauUtie^ m JinWells and Duval there were 11lives lost in rural traffic accidents in the 21 counties of Be-in 3, Hidalgo ( ounty reported four deaths, San Patricio County two and Dewitt, Nueces, Refugio and starr counties reported one each.5 1 f 4'wants nitirteatinw of* tintended to nmtrolspread of nuclear weSpv, stand as an achievement of administration.lut it will tie an uphill fight to get action before the 2tKh, Aiken observedNixon called during he campaign for a delay in action on♦
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Alice Daily Echo
Alice, Texas, US
Sun, Nov 17, 1968
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