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Investigators urge full scale probe of big four liquor firms
Two House investigators Chelf and Keating press for a Justice Department inquiry into the liquor industry amid claims of concentrated power and alleged political influence. They cited 1949 findings as insufficient and noted independent distillers faced pressure from Schenley Seagram National and Hiram Walker. Julian Van Winkle testified Schenley held a blanket warehouse insurance contract blocking coverage.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Justice Department
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-Ny
House Judiciary
Department
Schenley
Seagram
National
Hiram Walker
Julian P. van Winkle
Stitzel Weller Distillery
Shively
Kentucky Bourbon Makers