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18. Apr. 2012 · Kefauver was elected to the House of Representatives in 1939 and re ... 1998. “Hearings to Recall Earlier Investigations in Same Setting: McCarthy and Kefauver,” by John Chadwick, The ...
The KEFAUVER CRIME COMMISSION held hearings in Cleveland 17-19 Jan. 1951 as part of the U.S. Senate probe into interstate crime. Under the direction of Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, 20 crime figures were subpoenaed to testify in an effort to establish interstate control of rackets activity. ARTHUR "MICKEY" MCBRIDE, owner of the CLEVELAND ...
The Kefauver Investigation and the Knapp Commission. In 1950–51, the crime-investigating committee of Sen. Estes Kefauver revealed that organized crime, albeit under new leadership, was still operating. Perhaps a more alarming aspect brought to light by the committee was the aura of respectability achieved by top racketeers who, by removing ...
25. Apr. 2024 · Play the following video clip that offers an overview of the congressional hearings led by TN Senator Estes Kefauver into organized crime in the United States in the 1950s. Video Clip 1: Overview ...
investigations have been started, court procedures have been modified, remedial laws have been passed, educational programs have been undertaken and the despicable drug peddler has run for cover. The President of the United States only recently has been prompted to call for increased penalties in narcotics cases.
Estes Kefauver: A Featured Biography. Born in Tennessee in 1903, Carey Estes Kefauver first came to Capitol Hill in 1939 as a representative from Tennessee's Third Congressional District, then won a seat in 1948 to the United States Senate, where he served from 1949 until his untimely death in 1963. In the Senate, Kefauver quickly gained ...
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 ...
