The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 11, 1952, Image 6

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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. . . . . Crime in America By ESTES KEFAUVER United States Senator Eighteen of a Series Smashing the Crime Syndicate During the crowded final hearings of the Senate Crime Com mittee—or my chairmanship of it, at least—we pried into a situation wliich smacked strongly of the roaring '20s. Such were the workings of a vast bootleg ring which is running whisky from Cairo, III., into dry Southern states. This was reminis cent of the bloody prohibition era, when trucks were hijacked, liquor shipments disguised as legal merchandise and public officials corrupted on a wholesale scale. But these new-style rum runners boasted an up-to-date wrinkle: They use counterfeit federal and «tate liquor stamps. Some of the wholesalers involved, we discovered, had been connected with a huge black mar ket liquor racket in World War 11. Leading distillers have been ap pealed to both by a conference of Southern state revenue and alco hol commissioners and by our Sen ate Committee to take steps to remedy this situation. We also saw in Washington a new type of gambling witness—42-year- old Sydney Brodson of Milwaukee, who told us he is licensed to prac tice law in two states. Brodson, polite ^nd soft spoken though al most unbearably cocky at times, is a graduate of two colleges. Some years ago he found he had a tal ent for picking winners. Letting his law practice slide, he set up a small office, describing himself fictitious ly as a “food broker,” and went into the full-time business of scientif ically wagering on football and basketball games across the nation. He estimated that he placed bets with bookies and other gamblers in about 20 states, waged about $1,000,- 000 per year and netted approxi mately $80,000 a year. In seven uninterrupted years of this, he said he has amasseo a net worth of ap proximately $250,000. The smart young man, however, wasn’t smart enough. On the heels of his testimony, the state income assessor in Milwaukee announced that the income Brodson had re ported over recent years simply did not add up to what he told the Com mittee he was worth, and that a thorough investigation would be un dertaken. Certain ol the bookmakers who handled Brodson’s bets also must have wished he had talked less. Law enforcement officers in va rious cities jotted down names and addresses of the individuals with whom he said he placed bets. Be fore Brodson left the stand, they had located and arrested his betting associates in cities separated by thousands of miles. • • • • I opposed continuance of the Crime Committee. I realized, of course, there were facets of inter state crime which could have been explored further. 1 felt, however, that we bad done the basic job of exposing the framework of the na tion-wide criminal operations, gg The job, I felt, should be con tinued, but through establishment of a permanent federal crime corn- miss/on, rather than by a commit tee cf the Senate. But the pressure for continuance was overwhelming—letters were pouring in by the thousands—and I was over-ruled. I was prevailed upon to stay with the committee for a limited time, but I insisted that it should have a new chair man. Sen. Herbert O’Conor of Maryland was chosen to succeed me. The Committee, under my chair manship, made some specific rec ommendations to the senate, aimed at crushing big-time crime once and for all. One preposed that an in dependent Federal Crime Commis sion be set up. • • • s is * / h Fedeial Crime Commission, the Committee majority thought, should be composed of three mem bers, “all of whom are prominent citizens and not otherwise mem bers or employes of the federal government.” It would be empow ered to hear witnesses and conduct hearings, keeping alive a continu ing study of the activities of the national prime syndicate. The com mission would maintain proper liai son between federal, state and lo cal law fcfiforcement agencies and crime commissions, remommended legislation and other corrective pol icies and act “as a national clear ing house of information’^respect ing criminal activities in interstate commerce.” Among other things, the Commit tee favored the organization of a racket squad in the Justice De partment to go after racketeers and organized criminal mobs, and the setting up of special internal rev enue fraud squads. This later step was taken by the Treasury Depart ment after the Committee had toted that organized crimesters Arere defrauding the government on THAT WILL DO FT tax revenue possibly running into hundreds of millions of dollars. "Money is the key to power in the underworld," we observed. “It buys protection for illegitimate en terprises and enables underworld characters to buy up legitimate business and to claim respectabil ity by contributions to worthy causes. The large financial re sources at the disposal of criminal gangs and syndicates make such gangs and syndicates a serious menace." The Internal Revenue Bureau should take effective action to stop the continual violation by racket eers of the laws which require all taxpayers to keep adequate rec ords of their income and expenses. Gambling casinos also outrageous ly"'flout internal revenue require ments by their so-called “bookkeep ing” methods. They should be re quired to maintain daily records of moneys won and lost and to file these records with the Bureau. * * * We felt that the biggest farce and effrontery, in so far as the ap plications of internal revenue reg ulations to illegal gamblers is con cerned, is be fact that the present law permLs gamblers to deduct wagering losses and overhead costs as “business expense.” Such de duction often include the hidden bribes paid to law-enforcement offi cials. The Committee recommend ed an amendment that would pro hibit any sort of tax deduction by illegal enterprises. Another recommendation was passage of a bill completely out lawing the state-to-state sending of gambling by telegraph, telephone or other communication facilities, by an outfit “devoted to a substan tial extent to providing informa tion used in illegal gambling.” The bill is aimed at the so-called Con tinental Press Service, which keeps alive a multi-million-dollar industry for the underworld throughout the country. * The present law against inter state transportation of slot ma chines, we decided, should be ex tended to include the other gam bling devices on which individual racketeers and organized crime syndicates thrive — punchboards, roulette wheels and so forth. We noted that “the lowly punchboard has attained the proportion of a major racketeering enterprise.” We asked that penalties be in creased against the illegal distribu tion and smuggling of narcotics, that immigration laws be amended to facilitate deportation of unde sirable aliens, including criminals, and to provide, punishment for smuggling, concealing or harboring illegal aliens.- A bill which the Committee rec ommended is designed to prevent racketeering elements from enter ing the wholesale liquor industry and to eliminate such elements now entrenched in it. The bill would require liquor distributors to se cure yearly renewals of their fed eral licenses. On the community level, we en couraged the creation of more state and local crime commissions— which, where they are set up, have achieved effective results—more local rackets investigations by un hampered grand juries, and the clearing up of jurisdictional argu ments between local law-enforce ment officers, which usually result in the law-breaker escaping all pun ishment. • « • The answer to the Costellos and the crooked officers and public offi cials lie in thesj recommendations. There will be powerful opposition, not only from the national crime syndicate, whose financial and po litical resources are powerful. There will be a passive opposition, too, from the natural inertia that operates against any far-reaching program of social reform. But, with the help of the people, these bills will provide the ammunition for the war against organized crime in America. THE END - Condensed from the book, "Crime In America," by Estes Kefauver. Cpr. 1951. Pub. by Doubleday, Inc. Dist. Genera] Features Corp.-—WNU. Son-In-Law Charged in Theft of Teeth NEW YORK, N.Y.—“That’s one way to keep her quiet,” David Ritchie was quoted as telling de tectives. Ritchie, a 35 year old machinist, was booked recently on a grand larceny charge—accused of stealing his mother-in-law’s false teeth— takingv^them directly from her mouth, while sitting on her to ac complish the feat. The machinist was arrested on a complaint by Mrs. Mary Wood, the mother-in-law, who claimed she lost her molars during an argument with Ritchie. The argument was reported to have occurred when Ritchie went to his former apartment to ^isit his three children, who lived there with his estranged wife and her mother, Mrs. Wood. Chicago Feeder Sale Nets Over $1 Million 257 Carloads Feeder Calves Are Exhibited A record 257 carloads of feeder calves sold for well over a million dollars at the 7th annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale, held at the Chicago Stock Yards. Largest feeder cattle event in the nation, the expanding show and sale entry list exceeded last year’s rec ord by over a hundred carloads. It also pointed up the expanding beef industry and the interest in. im proved breeding. / The grand champion carload of feeder calves in the show were ex hibited by veteran cattleman Fred Mr. and Mrs. Fred DeBerard pose with their blocky Hereford calves that were Judged grand champion carload of the Chi cago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale. C. DeBarard of Kremmling, CoL A Wanatah, Indiana, cattle feeder, bought DeBerard’s blocky prize winning Herefords for ? n 5 per cwt. The grand champion calves aver aged 428 pounds. The auction brought an average of $42.11 per cwt. for 257 loads of cattle, $4.69 per cwt higher than last year’s average. The average weight was 485 pounds. Sales totaled $1,050,633. Steer calves, numbering 132 loads, average $46.48 per cwt. while 50 carloads of heifer calves averaged $44.15 per cwt. Americans May Eat More Meat in Next 12 Months The average American may eat even more meat and poultry in 1952 than in 1951, if advance production figures are any indication. According to a forecast of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, meat production this year may be large enough to provide an average of 144 pounds per person as com pared with 141 pounds in 1951. Most of the meat increase will be in beef and veaL Much of the step- up in beef will be in medium and lower grades, although some of it probably will be in the better grades of grain-fed cattle. The amount of lamb and mutton eaten by the average American is expected to go up slightly. Last year consumption of lamb and mutton was the lowest on record—-only slightly over 3 pounds per person. A little more pork may be on the market in the first seven or eight months of 1952 than in 1951, but pro duction for the last part of the year may be somewhat smaller. Americans will also probably eat more chicken and turkey. Produc tion of turkeys for 1952 may exceed the record-high 1951 level, but out put of chicken is expected to be about the same. Champion Barrow Holland Anderson, 17, of Le- land, HI., 4-H club member. Is shown with his 250 pound bar- row Poland China hog which was adjudged junior champion at the 52nd Annual Livestock Exposi tion In Chicago. Experts Forecast Greater Cattle Slaughter in 1952 In the outlook for meat animals, 1952 may be a pivotal year when new or modified trends in meat pro duction take place, experts report. The present low slaughter rate dhd large farm inventories are setting the stage for a substantial increase in slaughter in future years. The big question is how soon and what its price effect will be? In all probabil ity cattle slaughter will increase in 1952 for the first time in five years. Smart Menu Plans Call for Tempting, Attractive Salads MANY HOMEMAKERS find that their families like certain main dish es served time after time, as long as they’re not repeated too frequent ly to become tire some. How can she add interest and variety to meals, in that case? Variety in the salad depart ment adds zest to any menu and is much appreciated by the family. Most salads can be made so very easily, either quickly or ahead of time, that they need add little work to the preparation of a meal. If you want your salads to have as fresh and appetizing appearance as possible, arrange them in the last few minutes before serving. Everything, however, can be made ready before then, like the greens, chilling plates, fruit or vegetables. Basic salad ingredients can be treated with new color and flavor combinations to keep them varied and attractive. Make them the light part of a heavy winter meal that keeps the folks from saying, “Are we having the same old things to night?” I • • • * Cottage cheese is a favorite but it need never grow tiresome when treated with grated orange rind, maraschino cherries and canned cling peaches: Cheerio Cottage Cheese Salad (Serves 4) • 1 pint cottage cheese 2 teaspoons grated orange rind 2 tablespoons chopped mara schino cherries Lettuce 8 canned cling peaches Maraschino cherries Mint springs, if desired Blend cottage cheese, orange rind and chopped cherries; form into rough ring on each of 4 lettuce- garnished salad plates. Arrange 2 drained peach halves in each cottage cheese ring as Garnish c.f DR KF.NNk.TH i. FOREMAN SCRIPTURE: Matthew4:1S—35; Mark Ills—20; Luke 5:1—11. DEVOTIONAL READING: Matthew 4:15-35. A'Yes'to Christ Lesson for January 13,1852 An unusual molded salad uses raisins, carrots, mayonnaise and gelatin as its base. It’s good for a luncheon when yon entertain or it can enhance the family din ner to a great extent. Here (t’s served with sandwiches, potato chips, ripe olives, pickles and a glass of milk. Dr Foreman LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Pot Roast Brown Gravy Noodles Carrots Green Beans •Fruit Ring Salad Brownies Beverage •Recipe Given v,, cherries and mint. shown. with Molded Raisin Salad (Serves 6) H enp seedless raisins H enp cider vinegar $4 enp granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons plain gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water * eggs 1 tablespoon prepared horse radish 2 teaspoons mild prepared mustard 1 teaspoon onion salt 1 tablespoon lemon Juice 2 cups coarsely shredded raw carrot % enp finely ent sweet pickle 1 cup mayonnaise Salad greens Cover raisins with boiling water find let stand 5 minutes; drain thor oughly. Combine vinegar, sugar and salt, and bring to boil. Remove from heat. Soften gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot mixture. Pour hot mixture over beaten eggs, stir ring briskly. Add horseradish, mus tard, onion salt, lemon juice, carrot, pickle and raisins. Blend well Cool until thick but not firm. Blend in mayonnaise. Pour into 6 individual molds and chill until firm. Unmold on salad greens. Colorful canried fruits either by themselves or ^molded in gelatin make picture-pretty salads that There’s no need to lack for salad inspiration when yon can use old favorites with new season ing as In this cottage cheese- peach salad. Grated orange rind and maraschino cherries add both flavor and color for a salad that’s pure eating pleasure. LYNN SAYS: Let Salad Making Become an Art Too much greenery on a salad plate “dwarfs” the salad. The greens used should never extend beyond the rim of the salad plate, whether this is individual or large. Vegetable salad combinations can be enhanced with a dressing whose base is mayonnaise or French. To either of these add some deviled ham, sweet relish, chopped sweet or dill pickles, stuffed green or ripe olives, catchup or mustard. can serve as a dessert course, as well as the salad. Plan to use them for parties iand special occasions, too. •FrOlt Ring Salad (Serves 6-8) 2 packages lemon-flavored gel atin 1M caps hot water 2 caps fruit syrup (drained from peaches and pineapple) Canned peach halves, drained Canned pineapple dices, drained Canned dark sweet cherries, drained Salad greens - Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Add fruit syrup and chill mixture until slightly thickened. Pour % cup gela tin into the bottom of an 8-inch ring mold (m quarts) and chill until almost firm. Set pineapple slices in gelatin with a dark sweet cherry ' in the center and pour in gelatin just to cover. Chill until firm. Stand peach halves up- rig h t against sides of mold and p la c e cherries above pineapple slices. Pour in gel atin to cover peaches about one-half and chill until firm. Add remaining gelatin and chill thoroughly. Un mold and garnish with salad greens. Serve with a whipped cream dressing. • • • Buffet Fruit Platter (Serves 6) Canned peAch halves, drained Canned fruit cocktail, drained Canned pineapple slices? drained Cottage cheese Ra.TimTi«.f - — Salad greens Place peach halves, cut side up, on salad greens in the center of a large plate. Fill with fruit cocktail. Spread pineapple slices with cottage cheese and top with another pine apple slice, sandwich style. Fill cen ters with cottage cheese. Cut ba nanas in hplf and slice from tip in, spreading apart to make a fan. Dip in pineapple syrup. Arrange pine apple sandwiches and banana fans around peaches. Garnish with salad greens. Serve with desired dressing. Frosen Fruit Salad (Serves 8) 1 No. 2H sized can fruit cock- - tan 1 teaspoon nnflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 3-ounce package cream cheese 94 cap mayonnaise Dash salt $4 enp whipping cream, chilled H enp sugar H enp chopped puts Drain fruit cocktail. Soften gela tin in lemon juice, then dissolve over hot water. Blend cream cheese with mayonnaise and salt. Stir in gelatin. Whip cream until stiff, add ing sugar gradually during last stages of beating. Fold in cheese mixture, nuts, and fruit cocktaiL Pour into refrigerator tray that has been lined with waxed paper. Freeze until firm with refrigerator set at coldest setting (approximately 4 hours). Turn out on platter, remove paper, cut into thick slices. Garnish with watercress. Note: Let the salad stand at room temperature for a few minutes just before serv ing. The flavor and texture are ever so much better. To arrange fruits in a gelatin mold in a definite pattern, use a thin lay er of slightly thickened gelatin. Chill this with the fruits until firm and then add the next layer in the same way. • Large gelatin molds should be pre pared the day before they are served so they will have a chance to become thoroughly firm and mold ed. before serving time. For easy unmolding, have large molds as full as possible. Then you can slip a spatula easily around the edges for loosening the mold. J ESUS knew some distinguished people. But his first and most intimate friends were not of that kind. Christianity started at the grassroots of humanity. It did not start in the top branches. It Is a good thing, too. It is quite true that Christianity has depths and heights „ to which most Christians do not attain. A St. Paul has not only mystic raptures but intellectual penetra tion which compara tively few Christians have shared or can share; he was h genius, and; most of us are not geniuses. But in Jesus’ first group of com panions there was no St. Paul. They were the plainest of plain people. The first of them were fishermen. They were not used to lectures; it is extremely doubtful whether any ! one of them would have understood the Epistle to the Ephesians if it had been read to them. But they understood Jesus ... at least they understood what he said. He said, “Follow me;” and they followed [him. It was as simple as that. • • • Surrender l r AT is what Christianity is, at its heart: saying Yes to Jesus. When those fishermen said their ’Yes” it meant three things, and those three are always involved whenever any one sincerely begins the Christian life. For this was only the beginning, of course. There was a long road ahead, much they would have to learn and do and suffer; but even the longest road has its beginning. And the Christian’s road begins with this first "Yes.” First of all, it means sorreu* der. They took him for their leader, they absorbed his teach ing, they obeyed his orders. There Is a Christian hymn, "My Jesus, as Then Wilt”; one hears it moat often at funerals, but it Is net intended as a funeral hymn. It could well be the hymn sung when young people are confirlhed or Join the church; It could well be the every-morning song of every veal Christian. What do I want most? is not a Christian question. Rather it should be. What does Christ want most? 0 9 0 Separation A GAIN, those fishermen’s "Yes” meant separation. They left their nets, their old occupation. We must not retd too much into this, as if in order to be a Christian one must leave his wage-earning business, whatever it is. On the .con trary, the best {dace to be a Chris tian may be right where we are. However, no matter what we may do for a living. It is still true that saying "Yes” to Jesus means saying "No” and "Good bye” to many other things. It means separation from all that is ont of tone with him; separa tion from selfishness, from sin, from trash and trifles. It means separation from habits that en slave us, from "recreations” that do not re-create but tear down, from places and opportu nities of temptation, from hatred and prejudice and bride. If a man really means "Yes” to Jesus, he cannot mean ”Yes” to what is opposite to Jesus. The Chris tian life is a separated life. It is not that he is separated from peo ple. Isn’t it likely that the fisher men who-followed Christ had a far wider circle of friends as they went with him than they had ever had before? But they were being shaken loose from what had before seemed to them most important,—yes, even from themselves. » • • Service B UT that is the negative side of 11 TJae Christian life is not only "from” but it is “for.” That is, just as these first fishermen followed Jesus in order to become fishers of. men, so the Christian’s yes-saying always means enlistment for serv ice. > A Christian’s sincerity cannot be measured in what he says, nor even in what he does not de; it Is to be measured In what ha -dees. It is a serious and solemn ques tion: Suppose this is your last day in life, and all the accounts are in. Looking back on what you have been and what you have done, has your life actually helped what Jesus Christ is undertaking in this world, or have you hindered him? The Christian life is a surren dered, a separated life, but also a life of service. 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