New, Deeply-Felt Inroads Said Made
Against Field of Organized Crime
Washington - (UPD - The jus
tice department says it has
made "new and deeply felt
Inroads" in labor racketeer
ing, narcotics, gambling and
other forms of organized
crime during the past year.
But a report to Attorney
General William P. Rogers by
Malcolm R. Wilkey, assistant
attorney general in charge of
the department's criminal di
vision, said that "experience
has shown the need for new
weapons in the continuing
fight."
Wilkey said his division has
submitted ten proposed new
statutes to Rogers "designed
to bring to bear the full force
of the federal government's
power to regulate interstate
and foreign commerce and its
power to tax to crush the law
less elements of our society."
A spokesman for the de
partment said the recommen
dations would not be made
public until they were sub
mitted to Congress.
Often Misunderstands '
Wilkey said the public often
misunderstands the govern
ment's role in fighting crime.
"The federal government
does not have authority to
prosecute organized criminals
merely because they are
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constitution only a small per
centage of all crimes are fed
eral in nature, most being
violations of state law only.
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Package Alarms Postmen
Chicago-flM-Santa Claus' helpers the busy ones in the
main post office here had a bad hour today.
One of their packages began to talk back.
A postal worker was hefting the 11-ounce, brown-paper-wrapped
parcel when it began to mutter: tick-tick-tick.
Decided to Open Package
With all the speed of Donner and Blitzen, he carried it to
a distant corner of the third floor room. He called Postal
Inspector William Kranzuch. The inspector called Police Sgt.
Edward Nevelle of the police Bomb Squad.
Nevelle and Kranzuch decided to open it instead of
tossing it into water. First, they made a record of the ad
dressee, a man in Kennewick, Wash., to leave at least one
lead for survivors if the .worst should happen. .
All personnel in the third
to stand back 100 feet.
Gingerly Unwrapped Package
Kranzuch held a flashlight
gingerly unwrapped the package.
The humming grew louder.
Nevelle glanced at Kranzuch, who shrugged. Nevelle open
ed the box.
Inside lay a battery-powered electric shaver, working
Dusny. xne two-man bomb squad repacked it and sent it on
its way.
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"This means the federal
government must sometimes
march obliquely in its effort
to restrain the professional
criminals in our society," he
floor mail room were ordered
in the darkened room. Nevelle
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said.
Wilkey said cooperation
among federal investigative
agencies resulted in the con
viction of a number of racke
teers during the past 12
months. Among them were:
Given 15 Years
-Vito Genovese, northeast
ern racketeer chief sentenced
to 15 years in a federal peni
tentiary for violating the U.S
narcotics laws.
-Johnny Dio, strong-armed
teamster hoodlum questioned
by the McClellan committee,
convicted for tax evasion.
-Angelo Inciso, Chicago la
bor racketeer sentenced to 10
years imprisonment for vio
lating the Taft-Hartley labor
law.
-Isadore "Kid Cann" Blu
menfield, Minneapolis racke
teer convicted on white slav
ery charges.
Wilkey said various federal
statutes were used to prose
cute an increased number of
teamster officials in 1960.
Nine Convictions
He said nine convictions
under the Hobbs act, which
prohibits extortion affecting
interstate commerce, were ob
tained during the past year.
A total of 148 persons have
been convicted of 1 a b o r
racketeering since 1953, he
added.
Wilkey said "A significant
number of notorious racke
teers have been successfully
prosecuted for income tax
frauds. They include labor
racketeers, gamblers, corrupt
public officials, and syndicate
leaders in other illicit areas."
Wilkey said his division also
enforced a number of statutes
designed to protect the na
tion's consumers. These in
volved such things as com
mercial and Investment
swindlers and fraudulent
medical cures.
New York-ftlPll-Bob Kabel,
who had scored 20 points in
23 games for the Springfield
club of the American Hockey
league this season, was re
called Monday by the parent
New York Rangers of the Na
tional league. The Rangers
are currently without the
services of injured Camille
Henry, Dean Prentice and
Brian Cullen.
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FIRST KOALA BEAR San Francisco's first native-born
koala (circle) takes its first look at the world. The cub, pic
tured with its mother, Vickie, a native of Australia, was
named Francis or Frances in honor of the birthplace. Ac
cording to Fleishhacker Zoo officials, it won't be possible to
determine if the cub is a male or female for a while. Like
many things about koalas, this is somewhat mysterious, in
early life, at least. (UPI Telephoto)
The Family Council
Editor's Nntet The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia
trist, thiee clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Each article
is a summary of an actual casr history. The Council rcpurts on
problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and
counselors.
Mrs. B. H.-School is mak
ing Greta lazy. She spends
only half an hour on home
work and gets good marks.
Greta H. - School is boring.
I'm not learning anything.
Mrs. B. H. - My daughter is
15 and an upper sophomore in
high school I can't understand
how she can get away witn so
little study and still get pass
ing marks so easily. I know
she's bright, but it takes more
than brightness to know his
tory, for example. Once in a
while you must open a book
and read for an hour or so.
When I was in high school
the assignments took me three
hours a day at least. Ana tnen
you could get extra credit for
special projects. But Greta
looks up a few words in the
back of her French booK, cans
up her friend for the geom
etry answers, ana cans u a
day as far as school is con
cerned. These are precious days in
her life and it seems to me
she's wasting them. Because
school makes no demands on
her she's getting more and
more lazy when it comes to
hard work.
Greta H. - My mother is
wrong about me being lazy
about work. She knows I
work hard when it's for some
thing that Interests me, like
a party at our house. I polish
the silver, vacuum and make
canapes by the dozen, ao
Mother knows I'm not really
lazy.
But with the sort 01 leacn-
ers I nave, scnooi is a junu.
Some of them are substitutes
and they admit they're only
one lesson ahead of us. Other
teachers give us homework
and then never look at it or
even discuss it with us. They
can't be bothered marking
papers, I guess.
Sometimes 1 gel a norriuie
feling that I'm growing up
pretty ignorant, even though
I'm attending school. But then
I say to myself, I'm the pupil,
thev're the teachers, and if
this is what they call educa
tion, why should I worry
about it?
I use all the short-cuts-tne
cram books, translations, sum
maries. And I get by. it's easy.
Rut I wish it was interesting.
Then I might feel like work
ing.
The Councils -' The word
lazy" is one a guidance ex
pert will never use. Instead,
he asks "Why?" By going be
hind the so-called laziness he
usually uncovers an able
bodied and willing person
who has somehow come to
feel it's all no use. So our job
is not to work on Greta's
"laziness" but on her motiva
tion and stimuli.
Greta, like all students,
needs gifted and dedicated
teachers. All children, even
the backward ones, are prob
ably gifted in some area and
only a gifted teacher can dis
cover where and bring the
gift forward. So Mrs. H. is
justified in her alarm. Under
inept, dispirited teachers
Greta's potentialities are lying
fallow.
See what happens under in
spired, enthusiastic leader
ship. We learn of teenagers in
Rockland County, N. Y., giv
ing up their Saturdays to at
tend classes in science, engi
neering and the arts under
volunteer experts. Others
gave up their lummer vaca-
r. 'V. '
TV
tions for the privilege of
working under whiz-bang pro
fessors at Columbia Univer
sity, in a project for young
sters. We'll bet that any teacher
who can harness Greta's cur
iosity, excite her imagination
and enflame her determina
tion to reach a tangible goal
will not find her lazy! But
American educators have
been accused of spending
their time writing new text-
boks and revising the curricu
lum instead of keeping their
eye on the kids.
To rescue Greta, here are
two suggestions for Mrs. H.
Through the P.T.A. and tuLks
with Greta's principal and
teachers, see what can be
done to step up the pace and
intensity of instruction. Sec
ondly scout around for after
school and weekend opportun
ities for "enrichment for
Greta, such as special events
at the museums, libraries and
Y's.
Willi the aid of her mother
and teachers, Greta must find
Incentive. Else for her and our
other young people, our na
tional emblem will chungc, as
Frederick M. Schcrer warns
in "Michigan Alumnus," from
the bald eagle to the gold,
brick.
(Copyright I960, General
Features Corp.)
Scientists May
Attend Meetings
Washington -(ITU- The Stale
Department has decided to let
federally employed scientists
participate i n international
conference at which Red
China and other "unrecog
nized regimes" are represent
ed if it is made clear they do
not speak for the U.S. govern
ment. This was disclosed Tuesday
by Daniel M. Singer, general
counsel for the Federation of
American Scientists. He re
leased a letter on the subject
from Walter G. Whitman,
science adviser to Secretary
of Stale Christian A. Herter.
Whitman's letter, dated
Monday, said specifically that
scientists of the Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare could attend the fifth
international B 1 o chemistry
Congress to be held in Mos
cow next August, at which a
large number of Red Chinese
delegates are expected.
SANTA BURNS TREE
Racine. Wis. - (UPli - Simla
Claus burned up a Christmas
tree Monday. Defective wiring
in an electric Santa Claus
started a fire which burned up
the Christmas tree in the Wal
ler Pinchelman home, fire
men said. The fire injured no
one, but caused $25,000 dam
age. CLOGSTON'S
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Higher Level Of Unemployment Seen
Washington - IUPD - A U. S.
Chamber of Commerce econ
omist predicted the level of
unemployment will be higher
in 1961 than it was in I960.
M e r s o n P. Schmidt, the
chamber's director of econom
ic research, also predicted a
slight economic slump in the
first half of 1961, but said
the second half would bring
a recovery that will produce
more goods and services than
ever before.
Better Production Seen
Sclimdit, in a speech for
the chamber's 1961 business
outlook conference, said un-
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employment would be "par
ticularly evident in the first
quarter of 1961," but added
that production in 1961 "will
be better than this year."
Other economic predictions
made at the conference in
clude: -A decline in automobile
sales from the 6.7 million ex
pected this year to 6.5 million
in 1961.
-Steel prices will rise, but
the level of production will
remain about the same. Ex
perts estimate between 95 and
100 million tons of steel will
be produced in 1961 compared
to an expected 99.3 million
tons output this year. The
price boost will result from
higher costs, particularly
wages.
-The construction industry
will have its best year in
history.
-Money for loans will be
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plentiful and interest rates
may soften.
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