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Is the Mafia at last to be
brought to justice?
Is its own code of silence
to the death, "omerta," to be
the means of crushing the
sinister brotherhood of Sicil-J
ian origin?
There is no longer any
doubt that the Mafia exists.
It has had its stealthy hand
on organized crime in the
United States since the days
before Al Capone. When pro
hibition's lush profits were
cut off, it moved into the nar
cotics traffic, prostitution,
gambling - and now labor
racketeering.
The law has been poking at
the edges of this shadowy
blood fraternity for years.
Dewey Getting Warm
Then Prosecutor Thomas E.
Dewey was getting warm
when he busted the multi-million
dollar prostitution and
white slavery racket and sent
Charles (Lucky) Luciano to
jail.
The shocking exposure of
Murder, Inc., would have
been even more shocking had
it been revealed the hired
killers were the enforcement
arm created by three. "Dons"
of the Mafia.
Sen. Estes Kefauver had
one of the Mafia kingpins,
Frank Costello, on the spot
before a national television
audience in 1950 and Sen.
John McClellan brought more
of the brothers before his
committee last year.
But the federal govern
t ment made the grand haul
last week when it indicted 63
' men as conspirators or co-con-'
spirators to obstruct justice.
In keeping with "omerta,"
they had lied or refused to
tell about their famous meet
ing on Nov. 14, 1957, at the
Apalachin, N.Y., home of Jo
seph Barbara.
Italian Names
It was no coincidence that
every single one of the 63 who
gathered at Barbara's home
bore names of Italian descent.
James W. Basker, C.P.A., and Edward T.
O'Connor, C.P.A., partners in B. K. Herndon
& Co., announce the purchase of Mr. Hern
don's interest in the Grants Pass office of the
firm.
The practice will continue with Mr. Herndon"'
as an associate under the name of
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Nor that most of them had
long criminal records.
For this was another of the
grand meetings of the Mafia.
But this time they made
what was for this secret so
ciety the astounding mistake
of congregating in a tiny com
munity instead of melting into
some metropolis like New
York, Chicago, Miami or Los
Angeles as they had in the
past.
Nor was it an accident that
agents of the Federal Narcot
ics Bureau were assigned to
round them up.
Head of the narcotics bu
reau is Harry J. Anslinger. He
is one of the nation's few top
law enforcement officials who
for years had never displayed
the slightest doubt about the
Mafia's existence. He has been
tracking it since 1930.
The Mafia has been laughed
off as the stuff sensational
ized crime fiction is made of,
complete with trappings of the
"Black Hand." Officials have
been reluctant to single it rout
lest it stigmatize millions of
decent Italo-Americans.
Exposure May Destroy
But now the Mafia is out in
the open and the very light of
exposure may be a means of
destroying it. It will not be
easy for the Mafia preys on
man's human weakness - drug
addiction, prostitution,, coun
terfeiting, bootlegging, organ
ized gambling, loan sharking
and extortion.
Frederic Sondern Jr.; in his
book, "Brotherhood of Evil:
The Mafia," has bared the
'whole story of the society and
named its leaders after long
research and conversations
with American and European
police.
There is the list of the
grand "Dons" - Lucky Luci
ano, Vito Genovese, Frank
Costello, Joe Adonis, John
Ormento, Joseph Profaci, Jo
seph Maggilioco and, before
their murders, Albert Anas
tasia, Frank Scalise and Eu
genio Giannini.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY,
The Mafia goes back more
than 200 years to the island of
Sicily off Italy's coast. Sicily
was occupied by the French
and, in a death struggle
against the foreign oppres
sors, the Sicilians founded a
blood society that fought with
terror and secrecy.
When the French left, the
Mafia found it had the means
of extortion and profitable
crime among its own people.
Members Migrated
With the mass migration of
Italians and other Europeans
to the new world at the turn
of the century came members
of the Mafia. Among the be
wildered and ignorant immi
grants, they soon were oper
ating as they had in Sicily.
Benito Mussolini sent another
wave to America in 1935
when he made a violent at
tempt to wipe out the Mafia.
Its members have remained
of Sicilian heritage, inter
married and suspicious of out
siders. They can be warm,
hospitable hosts to their
friends, usually unostenta
tious and, on the surface,
good family men with a plen
titude of children. They are
bound to a loyalty to the Ma
fia above all else.
Sondern writes:
"To understand the Mafia,
one must realize that this
Khrushchev Offers
Hand of Friendship
To Russian Writers
Moscow-(UPD-Premier Nikita
Khrushchev has offered an
olive branch to Soviet authors
who have been criticized in
the past for unorthodox writ
ing. The Soviet Premier did not
mention the name of Boris
Pasternak, who has been in
disgrace since his novel "Dr.
Zhivago" won the Nobel prize
last year, during his concilia
tory and significant speech to
the Soviet writers congress.
(However, observers in Lon
don speculated that Pasternak
might also be "rehabilitated."
Pasternak was drummed out
of the Soviet writers union
and invited to leave the coun
try as a result of the storm
arising over' his novel.)
Writers 'Rehabilitated'
Khrushchev attended, the
opening session of the con
gress Monday .when three
former leading Soviet writers
were "rehabilitated." They in
cluded Novelist Ilya Ehren
bourg, Novelist Konstantin
Simonov and Poetess Margar
ita Alliger.
(Khrushchev himself had
denounced Miss Alliger two
years ago for deviating from
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Just See?
unique society of lawbreak
ers is not a rigid, monolithic
organization. There is no pres
ident, no formal roster; there
is no initiation or oath. They
are unnecessary. A Mafioso
selects one or more of his
sons, or perhaps a favorite
nephew, trains and guides
him in the traditional philoso
phy and methods, introduces
him to the right people and
another Mafioso is gradually
created."
Their women, as well as the
men, adhere to the code of
"omerta."
Deals With Others
The Mafia limits its fratern
ity to the blood brothers-but
it deals with and through
others. Meyer Lansky, " the
New York gambler, was
picked to exploit the jwide
open gambling in Cuba before
the Batista regime fell.
Jimmy Hoffa of the Team
sters Pnion found it necessary
to deal with Johnny Dio in
his organizational drive in
New York, ..Louis (Lepke)
Buchalter was an ally as dic
tator of the garment center
rackets. Abe (Kid Twist) Reles
was picked as head of Mur
der, Inc.
But when the Mafia met at
Apalachin, only the brothers
were there. , .
the party line on literature.
Ehrenbourg fell from grace
for his post-Stalin novel "The
Thaw" which allegedly spark
ed revival of free literary criti
cism. Simonov "retired" after
the magazine he edited pub
lished sections of the novel
"Not By Bread Alone".)
Khrushchev took up the
case of Vladimir Dudintev,
whose novel "Not By Bread
Alone" has been published in,
the West and denounced in
the Soviet Tnion, where it has
also been printed.
"I read this book and I must
say that there " are certain
pages which deserve atten
tion," the Soviet Premier said.
"(First Deputy Premier Anas
tas) Mikoyan, who read this
book, told me to read it."
Generalised Too Much
Khrushchev said Mikoyan
told him that there were cer
tain passages in the book
which the author literally
took from Khrushchev.
"Yes," he said, "Dudintev
has skillfully noted certain
negative phenomena, but he
exaggerated them and gen
eralized too much. But I have
already said and I still think
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NW, California
Power Inter-Tie
Will Be Studied
Seattle CUPD - A study of a
possible power inter-tie be
tween the northwest and Cali
fornia will be launched imme
diately, Bonneville Power Ad
ministrator William A. Pearl
said Monday.
Pear spoke to the North
west Public Power associa
tion meeting here.
He said BPA in cooperation
with the Bureau of Reclama
tion would make the study to
determine desirability and
feasibility of a high voltage
interconnection for disposal of
secondary energy between
federal systems in the two
areas.
Report io Congress
Pearl said the study would
be completed in compliance
with a resolution passed May
19 by the Senate Interior and
Insular Affairs committee.
Conclusions will be reported
to Congress not later than
July 15 of this year.
The Senate resolution,
Pearl said, calls for the study
to" be made in consultation
with governors of California,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana. Also represent
ed will be the Federal Power
Commission. Northwest Pow
er Pool designees and organi
zation of public and private
utilities in California.
Pearl was optimistic about
the northwest's power out
look. Commencement Set
Tonight in Phoenix
Phoenix. Commencement
exercises at Phoenix High
school will be held tonight at
8 o'clock at the gymnasium.
Dr. G. Burton Wood, profes
sor of agriculture economics
of Oregon State college, will
be principal speaker.
Sunday baccalaureate serv
ice was held for the 35 high
school graduates. It was held
at the First Presbyterian
church.
that Dudintev was never an
enemy, was never opposed to
the Soviet system." v
He added that he would
like to meet Dudintev except
that whenever he was ready
to receive him he had to talk
to some ambassador or other.
"Not By Bread Alone" was
published in Russia three
years ago. It is critical of Sov
iet bureaucracy and dealt
with the frustrating experi
ence of an inventor in trying
to get his invention accepted.
The official criticism was
that the characters were "all
negative."
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council tonsists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary jf an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely report; on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agenctet a counselors.
Pearl S. - I love to play
bridge - and he won't learn.
Harold S. - Cardplaying is
an obsession.
Pearl S. - My husband and
I have been married a year
and are quite happy except
for one problem. It may sound
silly, but it has been causing
a lot of trouble.
It is simply that I love to
play bridge and Harold re
fuses to learn. Bridge is my
one great relaxation. I would
rather spend an evening over
the card table than any other
recreational activity. I begged
Harold to learn, but he thinks
it's a waste of time and says
he was never good at card
games anyway.
I gave -up the game for a
while, but now some of my
New York (DPD Debbie
Reynolds did the town Sun
day night with Texas oilman
Bob Neal but dodged questions
about any plans for marriage.
The nation's movie theaters
in March, 1958, scored the
first monthly year-to-year at
tendance increase since June,
1957, rising 2.7 per cent above
the like month of 1957
FACING mob violence in
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old friends have been calling
me to make a fourth. One of
the men is a bachelor I used
to go out with before I was
married. The game often
breaks up pretty late and this
man takes me home. I always
Want to invite him in for cof
fee, but my husband is so rude
and resentful, it's awful.
Harold S. -1 told Pearl that
I wouldn't mind if she played
cards with a group of women,
but she says she doesn't en
joy that as much. To me this
means only one thing that
she enjoys the company of
this particular man. She has
admitted that they were seri
ous at one time.
It annoys me the way this
man or Pearl's married
friends call and ask for her as
though she were a single
woman. They never think of
inviting me just to sort of
hang around. I am left alone
all evening.
To me cardplaying is just
an obsession and people
should try to cure themselves
of it. There are much better
things to enjoy - like reading
or listening to music. When I
try to get Pearl to do a little
of that, she just starts to
yawn. But she says she'd like
to play cards every night of
the week.
The Council. Many mar
ried couples have widely dif
ferent interests, yet this never
becomes a cause of dissension
between them,
s, Pearl and Harold seem to
use their interests to hurt one
another and drive a wedge in
their relationship. They make
a point of insulting one an
other by expressing disdain
for the other's interests.
Pearl- knows that Harold
will be left out of her card
playing evenings, yet she ex
presses the desire to play
every night of the week. Har
old is completely unreason
able when he complains of be
ing left alone, yet refuses to
make an effort to find some
interest in Pearl's activities.
He makes the assumption that
his highbrow interests are far
better, but we believe that if
he enjoyed them with real en
thusiasm he would be less re
sentful of his wife's interests.
Harold's jealousy of the
other man appears to be part
ci M
of this whole picture. He feels
somewhat cast off and neg
lected by Pearl and the rea
sons for this undoubtedly go
deeper than her cardplaying.
Pearl's rather overint'ense in
terest in cardplaying suggests
that she feels she is missing
something that would give
her life a little more meaning
and excitement.
The answer here cannot be
concerned with playing or not
playing cards. Pearl and Har
old must seek and find a
warmer, more meaningful life
together and the card prob
lem will disappear - whether
or not Pearl continues with
the game.
Is cardplaying an obses
sion? Only when it consist
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