ORGANIZED CRIME AND USE OF VIOLENCE HEARINGS BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 64-179 O APRIL 28, 29, AND 30; MAY 1, 1980 PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington SAM NUNN, Georgia LAWTON CHILES, Florida JOHN GLENN, Ohio DAVID H. PRYOR, Arkansas JIM SASSER, Tennessee CARL LEVIN, Michigan CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware TED STEVENS, Alaska CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine DAVID DURENBERGER, Minnesota RICHARD A. WEGMAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Vice Chairman THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri LAWTON CHILES, Florida JIM SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois JACOB K. JAVITS, New York WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland MARTY STEINBERG, Chief Counsel JOSEPH G. BLOCK, Chief Counsel to the Minority (II) CONTENTS Page 59 Caron, Chief Norman A., Kansas City Police Department.. DeFeo, Michael, attorney-in-charge, Organized Crime Strike Force, Heymann, Philip B., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (statement only). McWeeney, Sean M., special agent, section chief, Federal Bureau of Nathan, Irving B., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Revell, Oliver, B., Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Webster, Hon. William H., Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation EXHIBITS IA Chart-Sites of La Cosa Nostra headquarters cities 3. Publication entitled "Spotlight I on Organized Crime in the Kansas City area," by the Kansas 4A. Letter dated April 1, 1980 from Frank Maudlin, managing director, Kansas City Crime Com- mission, to Marty Steinberg, chief counsel, Per- 5. Kansas City Crime Commission report of pros ecutions by the Kansas City Field Office Strike Force of the U.S. Justice Department Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, 1971 79. 6. The River Quay Prosecutions, Kansas City, Mo 9. Affidavits given in various courts by FBI special Sealed exhibits are retained in the confidential files of the subcommittee. ORGANIZED CRIME AND USE OF VIOLENCE MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1980 U.S. SENATE, PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 11:30 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 5110 Dirksen Senate Office Building, under authority of Senate Resolution 361, dated March 5, 1980, Hon. Sam Nunn (chairman) presiding. Members of the subcommittee present: Senator Sam Nunn, Democrat, Georgia; Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat, Florida; Senator James R. Sasser, Democrat, Tennessee; Senator Charles H. Percy, Republican, Illinois; Senator Jacob K. Javits, Republican, New York; and Senator William S. Cohen, Republican, Maine. Also present: Senator Dennis DeConcini, Democrat, Arizona. Members of the professional staff present: Marty Steinberg, chief counsel; LaVern Duffy, general counsel; W. P. Goodwin, Jr., staff director; Michael Levin, deputy chief counsel; Jack Key and Raymond Worsham, investigators; Myra Crase, chief clerk; Mary Donohue, assistant chief clerk; Joseph G. Block, chief counsel to the minority; Charles Berk, general counsel to the minority; Howard Marks, investigator to the minority; Lynn Lerish, executive assistant to the minority; Ira Shapiro, chief counsel, Governmental Efficiency and District of Columbia Subcommittee; Peter Levine, general counsel, Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee; Janet Studley, counsel, Federal Spending Practices and Open Government Subcommittee; Alan Bennett, counsel to the minority, Governmental Affairs Committee; and Peter Roman, Federal Spending Practices and Open Government Subcommittee. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR NUNN Chairman NUNN. My regrets to those who have been waiting. We anticipated opening at 10:30 this morning but we had several things to clean up at the end. We also had anticipated a cloture vote at 12 o'clock, and we felt it would not be appropriate to disrupt the hearing. The cloture vote has been postponed until late this afternoon. I think we will be uninterrupted. Today, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations opens the first of a series of hearings on organized crime in America. Our immediate focus today and the rest of this week is on the use of violence by organized crime to gain control of businesses, organizations, and even geographical areas. |