Objectives of the Kansas City Kefauver Hearing
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Document stating the objectives of the Kansas City hearings of the U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, popularly known as the Kefauver Committee. The document says the committee intends to establish that a group of criminals, who operated gambling and illegal liquor establishments centered around Charles Binaggio, attempted to dominate Kansas City law enforcement. It is stated that the group failed in this effort to obtain control of the police board, but continued with other illegal efforts in Kansas City and surrounding states until Binaggio was killed in 1940.
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Kansas City, MO
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number:
RG46, U.S. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. 5/3/1950-9/1/1951
Digital Object Identifier:
NARADC-RG46-30-0003-0001
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