San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.

11. S. Congress. Sonza.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 67

ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFIC

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 8

NOVEMBER 14, 15, 16, 17, AND 18, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

R.VS. 17

CONTENTS

Page

Statement of—

Biscailuz, E. W., sheriff of Los Angeles County, Calif., accompanied

by Peter J. Pitchess, under sheriff, and Capt. K. E. Irving, narcotics

chief, police department, Los Angeles, Calif.

3677

Blanchard, B. H., acting supervisor for 11 southern counties, bureau of

narcotics, department of justice, State of California.

Bonnom, Henry, San Francisco, Calif..

3769

3909

Braumoeller, Fred L., inspector, bureau of narcotics enforcement,

office of the attorney general, State of California.

4018

Burke, Lloyd H., United States Attorney, Northern District of

California.

3943

Carroll, James Henry, San Francisco, Calif _

3966

Coblentz, Emilio, Los Angeles, Calif...

3843

Coleman, Sgt. John C., police department, Los Angeles, Calif..

3802

Creighton, Walter R., chief, bureau of narcotics enforcement, office of

the attorney general, State of California...

3919

Davis, George R., agent in charge, bureau of narcotics, Los Angeles,

Calif...

3810

De Leon, Celia, San Francisco, Calif..

San Francisco, Calif.

Foreman, Clarence Wilford, Los Angeles, Calif.

3879

Etherington, Lenox G., chief, narcotics squad, police department,

3848, 3890

3750

Gleason, Howard P., sheriff of Alameda County, Calif

4018

Greeley, Mrs. Terry, Los Angeles, Calif

3648

Harris, Lila, San Francisco, Calif

3866

Healey, George M., chief of police, accompanied by Lenox G. Ethering-

ton, chief of narcotics squad, police department, San Francisco,

Calif

3848

Hernandez, Jose, Los Angeles, Calif.

3836

King, Megan, Los Angeles, Calif,. accompanied by Martha Jefferson,
her counsel..

3738, 3788, 3805, 3845

Lindsay, June Evelyn, San Francisco, Calif

3870

Lugosi, Bela, Hollywood, Calif

3727

MacPhee, Chester R., Collector of Customs, Bureau of Customs,

San Francisco, Calif.

4044

Mullen, John J., Customs Agent in charge, Bureau of Customs, Los

Angeles, Calif..

3791

Muntz, Harold R., chief deputy probation officer, Los Angeles County,

Calif....

3818

Noblett, Francis K., Hollywood, Calif..

3671

O'Connor, Matthew, inspector, bureau of narcotic enforcement, office
of the attorney general, State of California-- --

3619

O'Connor, William V., chief deputy attorney general, State of

California

3767

O'Grady, John E., Los Angeles, Calif.

3725

Palm, Oscar, Los Angeles, Calif., accompanied by Harry M. Umann,

his counsel

3594, 3605

Palm, Yvonne Elizabeth, Los Angeles, Calif.

3588

Parker, William H., chief of police, accompanied by Capt. Louis P.
Walter, commander of the narcotics division, and Capt. James
Hamilton, police department, Los Angeles, Calif__

3562

Phoenix, Bebe, Los Angeles, Calif. -

3696

Red wine, Donald M., assistant city attorney, accompanied by Robert
E. Burns, chief deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, Calif.

3733

Roll, S. Ernest, district attorney, Los Angeles, Calif.

3623

Sanchez, Arthur A., Los Angeles, Calif.

3839

Sanchez, Bernard, San Francisco, Calif.

3935