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Chief prober quizzes Bowron about the 'Big five'
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Order Number
00106438
Title
Chief
prober
quizzes
Bowron
about
the '
Big
five
'
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
1487
Date
1951
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Historical Data
In
1949
the
American
Municipal
Association
,
representing
more
than
10,000
cities
,
petitioned
the
federal
government
to
combat
the
growing
influence
of
organized
crime
.
Newspapers
and
magazines
at the
time
were
reporting
that
organized
crime
was
extensive
, with
labor
racketeering
threatening
the
American
economy
.
Federal
law
provided
few
tools
for the
government
to
act
. The
United
States
Senate
Special
Committee
to
Investigate
Crime
in
Interstate
Commerce
was
established
in
1950
. The
committee
,
led
by
U.S
.
Senator
Estes
Kefauver
, of
Tennessee
,
became
known
as the
Kefauver
Committee
.
It
investigated
organized
crime
that
crossed
state
borders
in the
United
States
from
1950-1951
.
Kefauver
was the
committe's
first
chairman
, from
May
1950
until
April
1951
.
Senator
Herbert
O'Conor
of
Maryland
assumed
the
chairmanship
until
the
committee
ended
on
September
1
,
1951
.
Description
Photograph
dated
February
27
,
1951
reads
"
'Wasn't
it
the
Big
five
that was
active
behind
this
movement
to
take
over
the
city?
'
Senator
Estes
Kefauver
(arrow)
asks
Mayor
Fletcher
Bowron
(right)
during
opening
session
of
Senate
crime
investigating
committee
here.
Answered
Bowron
: 'The
terminology
is
new
to
me
,
Senator
.
I
don't
known
[sic]
how
many
were
behind
the
movement.
' The '
Big
five
' were not
identified.
"
Subject
Kefauver, Estes,--1903-1963.
Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968.
United States.--Congress.--Senate.--Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce.
ABC Television Network.
Mayors--California--Los Angeles.
Legislators--United States.
Legislative hearings--California--Los Angeles.
Organized crime--United States.
Committees--United States.
Microphones.
Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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