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subject of investigation, have felt the repercussions of the committee's work in adjacent Maryland. In Maryland itself at least four investigations not previously under way are now being conducted largely as the result of the committee's disclosures. In New York, four new investigative bodies
22 feb 2019 · Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., (left) and Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., (second from left) clashed at the reopening of a Senate drug investigation in 1960 over whether witnesses could be forced to ...
2 nov 2020 · In 1950, freshman U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver took the stage against organized crime, at the head of a special committee. The Kefauver hearings, as they beca...
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Television, Kefauver and His Crime Investigation Senate in 1948, he began searching for "an adequate vehicle for his crusading tendencies."' He found it in his curiosity about the operation of organized crime across state lines. As a result of his persistence, a special committee was created and Kefauver appointed to head the investigation.'
7 dic 2022 · In the 1950s, C. Estes Kefauver, was one of America’s best-known politicians. As a senator from Tennessee, Kefauver favored civil rights legislation and championed the causes of the “little man.” He made his name investigating organized crime during some of the earliest televised hearings.
The Kefauver investigation led to a flurry of law-enforcement activity, particularly attempts to deport foreign-born crime kings such as Luciano. In Nov., 1957, a routine police check in remote Apalachin, N.Y., uncovered a convention of gangland leaders from all over the United States and abroad. The resulting rash of investigations revealed ...
11 gen 2024 · Kefauver gained national prominence and popularity as a result of the hearings. He was on the cover of Time magazine and co-wrote a book, Crime in America , about the investigation.
