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Community PRESS @ 4-14-39 | | Los Angeles 5 Calf, ; ( COMMUNITY PRESS, 7 4, Friday, Apri 14, 1989 - | spurCampaign = |Buchalter, Indicted N.Y. Fur be = Racketeer, Sought in L. A. . Bearing a warrant for the arrest of Louis Buchalter, a fugitive from New York, where he is being sought in connection with terror- izing activities in the garment, fur dressing, ficur and trucking in« | dustries, athansen, as-< {sistant director of the eral | ; Bureau of Investigation, arrived lin Los Angeles yesterday, {. Buchalter, one-:of - the most {notorious figures in - Eastern s un- j derworld circles, is believed oper- ating on the West coast from a hideout in Hollywood, Nathanson | stated, eg tt ae Local law enforcement agencies ihave been warned to be on the lookout for Buchalter, who drop- ped from sight about a year ago after federal agents in New York opened a drive against racketeer- ing in key industries, Buchalter’s presence in Los {| Angetes,. ' federal investigators point out, may be concerned with attempts to gain a foot- hold in organizing “protective” -associitions here ‘similar to - those he: operated in New York. - 4 _ Buchalter began’ his career ‘as a minor ntod yim, gaining, promi- nence in the underWUrid. until as & leading rackéteer he -controlied his own ‘organization of , strong- Th ee ee Se arm men and gunmen, which was believed to number from 200 to 500 men. He collected millions of {dollars in tribute from legitimate business men through the protec- tion racket, Nathanson said. Strike-Breaking Activities His activities also extended in- to strike-breaking and labor union coercion, the federal officer de- — Buchalter ig known ‘variously as Louis Buckhouse, Louis Kawer, Louis Cohen, Louis Kauvar. _and . ; | Louis. Buckholtz Other. aliases ae include Louis Laurar, Louis Saf- - ; fer, Louis Kauver, Lou Brodsky, “Judge - Brodsky.” re Born - February 12, 1887, Puchalter is about 65 feet’ ¢ inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, has dark hair, dark complexion and brown. eyes, _large blunt ose and. prominent ears. He co has an 18-year-old son, Harold. . Many of Buchaiter's victims— small businessmen.,upon .whom he preyed while in New York—were of the Jewish faith. Persons hav- oi ing knowledge of his ‘whereabouts “ are requested to_ ‘communicate nn with the ‘local office’ of the Fed- SY eral Bureau of Inve&tigation, ee tet | sade. ‘Cemetery and Mauselenm - .* -MOLLYWooD P SH. Low Zuckerman, Pres, me Moor ’ Merris Laskowits, Mar.’ ; vee va ate Brae