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coe Speer wa8 nef. €-1-81) i, awd bi ae Wohineta. @aana . a LA i “waar TUik IU EIU eo Playing to the Gallery. oy [4 TONEY GENERAL! ecislation - in which the At- cennedy had rather ‘Torney General is interested, upsetting ‘experiences in both | Onto the floor came Rep. Wil- the Benate and the House gal-‘ liam C. Cramer of Fiorida, leries ‘last .| whose omnibus crime bill was es 4 under consideration. Mr. Cramer glanced at the ‘gallery and his eyes gleamed. W : Haynes Ayres of Ohio: | “I'VE BEEN TRYING to ‘Kennedy to discuss my crime Nan of th Ciellan Ms |e. ever since he took of- Senate Inves- tigations Sub- committee, which is now bearing testimony on gam- bling. The former chief coun- ' sel of tbe subcommitiee (ihe eli-same Bobby) then went to the Family Gallery to list- Dixen ce, Well—he's going to listen to me at last.” “What are you going do?” abked Rep. Ayres. “I'm going to say all the things from the floor I've been trying to tell him in his en in on some senatorial de-| office,” replied Cremer. bate. : “Don’t let on that’s what He went to the Family you're doing,” cautioned Mr. Fiallae. fen Feenn af ba bit -* --— ~~ eo es Ayres. “One of the sirictest rules of the House is that a member mustn't refer to any- body in the gallery.” “I know the rules,” said RIJBLITA FY S46 LUIS SBA LL because a member of his family used to be in this use before moving to an- ther house. Bobby’s action Shocked a = tradition-bound Rep. Cramer, “The parlia- eustodian to the core. He in- mentarian won't alize Tm formed the Attorney General Htalking at ' severely he'd have to move !but Bobby will.” out of the family section. it seemed evident that Mr. \ Bobby moved to another s Cramer was clairvoyant about ion—chewing dis gumifthis because the Attorney more vigorouely, hut uttering * fibis | be heoan attacking his SS eggs ay, ee es ee Ue ee no words. A couple of days! gum faster aod faster. His later be showed up in the | mastication became almost House Gallery, but not the | sevage when the Republican De Section. Mr. Cramer referred to anti- Debate began on crime icrime recommendations of p __ parce oO whi ews Som re _ + REC- 65 ra fe | xerox 6 “SEP 14 A 196i ser 3 stP Bee notated ORT ina SUT Be PBS —_— ta, Lo. Cy) "> wot. # sO - By George Dixon oP a! ithe former Attorney Gen- ral which hadn't yet been carried out by “the present ‘Attorney General.” “Do you know how difficult “is for anyone, any local t bow sheriff, constable, law -He whispered to his Repub fenforcement people at the ‘Hiean coll e, Rep. William #/ocal level to get any informa- ne . ion say, on Mr. X, who is be- Heved to be a syndicate crim- inal and who is known to the get an audience with Bobby departments in Washington?’} pRep. Cramer asked in the dij rection of the present At}. torney General. MR. CRAMER and Mr. to | Kennedy left the floor and gallery, respectively, in al- ost a dead heat. Mr. Ken- edy did not hang around the Capitol to talk things over, but Mr. Cramer stopped in the Speaker's lobby to dustify his evasion of the. ‘House rules. “If a local law “enforcement officer wants to find out about the syndicated nature of a gangster do you know how many Federal! agencies he has to write to?” he asked. His , Fcolieagues shook their heads. “Forty-two!” cried Rep. Cramer. “My bill would cor- relate it in one clearing ghouse.” ‘ I wish the Attorney Gen- ral would come beck often,” sighed Rep. Ayres, “But, after this, I'm afraid he won't.” . Coprrighyt, 196) 1961, ns, Features ee a ne ee 22 SEP i12 1961 Ea —— m G2- % @lercoenrn Copy Fine Times Herald The Washingten Daily News .____ The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Dally News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader . The Wat) Street Joumal zr Date eT MS | 30 1961