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On January 5, 1950, Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tennessee) introduced a resolution that would allow the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to investigate organized crime's role in interstate commerce. However, the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce already claimed jurisdiction over the issue.
First-term senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee drafted a resolution to create a special committee to investigate the issue. The Commerce and Judiciary Committees battled to control the investigation, and following a protracted debate, Vice President Alben Barkley cast the tie-breaking vote to establish a special committee.
El 5 de enero de 1950, el senador Estes Kefauver (D-Tennessee) introdujo una resolución que podría permitir al Comité del Senado sobre el Poder Judicial investigar el rol del crimen organizado en el comercio interestatal.
The Kefauver hearings confirmed the existence of a national crime syndicate and revealed lax enforcement. Gallery The Kefauver hearings exposed Americans to many figures in organized crime, including Frank Costello and Bugsy Siegel’s former girlfriend, Virginia Hill.
The Kefauver Committee, as it became commonly known, interviewed hundreds of witnesses in fourteen cities over the course of fifteen months, in the first governmental attempt to expose the extent...
The Kefauver investigations provided evidence of nationwide racketeering to Congress in the hope that steps could be taken to control it. Article Categories. Public Safety. The KEFAUVER CRIME COMMISSION held hearings in Cleveland 17-19 Jan. 1951 as part of the U.S. Senate probe into interstate crime.
First-term senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee drafted a resolution to create a special committee to investigate the issue. The Commerce and Judiciary committees battled to control the investigation and, following a protracted debate, Vice President Alben Barkley cast the tie-breaking vote to establish a special committee. 1. Process.
