Tag: william o’dwyer
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Kefauver at the Movies: “The Enforcer”
A Humphrey Bogart movie about the mob came out while the Kefauver organized crime hearings were sweeping the nation. So why not…. get Kefauver to put in an appearance?
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Facing “The Face of U.S. Gangland”: The Crime Hearings
In the early 1950s, Kefauver chaired a series of hearings into organized crime. The hearings made Kefauver a household name, a Presidential contender… and Public Enemy Number One to Democratic leaders.
Estes Kefauver for President 