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Phev then proceeded fa esbore SU OR 00 prom the cowardly executives of MIGM, 20th Century-Fox and Warner Brothers, who agreed to pay tribute rather than have the projectionists strike and darken the theaters. Bioff and Browne split their take with the Chicago Mafosi. Apprchended by the federal government, Bioff and Browne turned state’s witness and sang. The Chi- cage hoods were sentenced ta LO years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. After serving only three years, however, they were paroled. Who paroled these hoods, and why is one of the most shocking, un- explained scandals of tl Truman Ad- ministration. In 1955, Bioff was blown to pieces in Phoenix for squealing on his one-time pals, More recently, the mob, in order te recruit exotic dancers for its clubs in the Midwest, has resorted to the importation of girls from Canada. Advertisements arc placed in Canadian papers stating show- gitls are wanted for night clubs and theater engagements, “no experience necessary.” Girls who answer the ads are told they will have to join AGVA, the American Guild of Variety Artists. They are then shipped off to so-called night clubs in the Midwest and forced inte prostitution. Here, for example, from the repart of the McClellan Committee, is what hap- pened to two Canadian girls who an- swered a “showgirl” ad in the Montreal Star, “They were signed up for AGVA inembership and signed contracts for em- ployment at the notorious Band Box in Hurley, Wis., without any knowledge of the true character of the place. They were promised stardom in the U.S., $100 per weck and safe lodging .. . “During their frst night at the Band Box, they observed girls dancing in the nude. They were held in literal bondage by the club operator. A bodyguard stayed with them 24 hours a day... It was made clear to them that it was permis- sible for them to engage in illicit rela- tions with customers .. . fter an unsuccessful attempt to es- cape, they were shipped to Calu- met City, via Chicago, to work in the Riptide Club. They were met at Chicago by Al Holzman, a pro- curer who sent them on to Calumet City by taxicab. Knowing they had no money, he forced one of the girls to live with him in an ifhcit relationship. Ther Were threatened that if they tried to es- cape, they weuld be found by the syndi- cate before they gat very fur. “At the Riptide, they found condi- tions even worse than those at the Band Box. The club had back rooms where the girls employed in the club took men for immoral purposes, They saw girls beaten Sam Gigncana; He has a prominent place in Nevada Gaming Board's “Black Book.” Virginia Hil! Hauser: One-time girl friend of gunman Bugsy Siegel, killed in 1947. Bugsy Siegel:, He financed the Flaminge in Las Vegas by ioans from Mafia gangs. - up and customers rolled and thrown into an alley, At the Riptide also, the girls were held in bondage. They were per- mitted to go nowhere unless escorted by one of the four bouncers. .. ." One of the most knowledgeable men in this country on the connection be- tween the underworld and show business is Jerome Adlerman, general counsel For the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. At one time or another Adlerman has cross-examined many of the major mobsters in the nation, “What you must understand about hoods and gangsters and members of the Cosa Nostra or whatever you want to call that organization,” Adlerman recently told me in Washington, “is that these men are mat intellectuals. They don't read; they don't study; they don't have hobbies as we know them. “Their major extracurricular interests are broads and beoze. For them, the easiest path to these two hobbies is show a a ce ate business. Hy saing into the night cfub business, which is essentially a cash busi- ness, they find themselves interviewing singers, dancers, stripluasers, ACITESSES, Sitting up and drinking with these girls, discovering new talent—they find that mast satisfying to the ego. and that's why they do it. And in a jot of cases you find that some actresses, not particularly bright, are attracted to them. Some women, and I'm sure you know a few in Hollywood, like to play with fire. ears ago; 'Adlerman explained, “the hoods used to own flower shops. Now they own night clubs and restaurants. It’s a more interesting and exciting life, more ‘pleasur- able. It's led them into the juke box racket, the recording industry, many allied fields. A few years ago when we were investigating gangster activities in the labor and management fields, we had a Mr. Robert Lindeloff of Chicago on the stand, He was in the juke box operation, and he told us that he'd been called by a Mr. Joey Glimco of the Teamsters’ Union and asked to play on all his machines a tune recorded by a singer named Tommy Leonetti. We got hold of Leonetii and he admitted that he was being managed by aman with underworld connections, but he wasn’t aware of the fact that the un- - derworld was pushing.his records. “I mentioned that,” Adlerman con- tinued, “to point out that the mob is not only involved in gambling, narcotics, © prostitution, the illegal sale of Tiquor in after-hour joints, but they've now moved — into the juke box and recording fields and many other avenues of show busi- ness. For example, we know Sam Gian- cana is the man behind the Lormar Record Co., an underworld operation in Chicago.” ” According to Adlerman, gangsters be- came interested in show business in the post- Prohibition days of the 1930s. SThey had plenty of money from boot- legging,” he explained, “and they wanted to invest some of it in pleasurable enter- prises. So they moved into the night club_ field. They bought in or declared them- selves in, and thus began their acquaint- anceship with entertainers. They backed Broadway shows for their girl friends. They became silent partners in backing young hopeful singers. The glamour and the glitter of show business appealed to them, and it still does,” When Nevada legalized gambling and Bugsy Siegel opened up Las Vegas to his’ fellow mobsters, the gangsters realized that they needed a constant flow of show biz talent to attract the public. That's why txJae Las Vegas ane the new gambling mecca, Sar Juin, Puerto Rico, book more top performers than any other two cities in the world. The big names of show business attract the play- ers, and the players make the roulette wheels go reund and round. Everything else is incidental. Parade * Jan. 12, 1964 Pom Hn atm nen thai nprea tt