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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	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection