CRIME IN AMERICA-HEROIN IMPORTATION,
DISTRIBUTION, PACKAGING AND PARAPHERNALIA

A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT
STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIME IN THE

UNITED STATES

48-893 O

JUNE 25, 26, 27, 29, AND 30, 1970, NEW YORK, N.Y.

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON CRIME
CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida, Chairman

MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan
ROBERT N. C. NIX, Pennsylvania
JEROME R. WALDIE, California

ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina
CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California
ROBERT V. DENNEY, Nebraska

PAUL L. PERITO, Chief Counsel

JAMES F. SOUTHERLAND, Executive Director
LARRY REIDA, Associate Chief Counsel

Committee Staff Assisted by the following Special Counsels :

PETER EMMET FLEMING, Jr.

PAUL B. GALVANI

PAUL K. ROONEY

ELKAN ABRAMOWITZ

(II)

Statement of—

Allen, Stuart, chief investigator, House Select Committee on Crime..

Ambrose, Hon. Myles, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Customs___.

Andreoli, Peter, assistant district attorney, New York County.

Baird, Robert W., M.D., director of the Haven Clinic, New York

City, accompanied by Mr. Smith....

Beame, Hon. Abraham, comptroller of the city of New York.
Bear, Larry A., host of "Conference Call," a public affairs radio show-
Butler, Bernard E., director, Community Planning Boards, Office of
the President, Borough of the Bronx.-

Cain, Martin, accompanied by Paul F. Hannah, counsel.

Costello, Michael, special agent, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous

Drugs...

387

170

304

360

408

166

324

240, 403

128

9, 77

Coyne, Edward T., agent, Office of Special Agent in Charge, U.S.

Bureau of Customs..

Crisci, Joseph, accompanied by Jay Gold, counsel.

Dempsey, Rev. Oberia D., coordinator, National Concerned Com-
mittee Against Narcotics Smuggling, Narcotics Traffic, Narcotics
Addiction and Crime___-.

Dole, Dr. Vincent, professor, the Rockefeller Institute of Medical

Research

262

Dory, Elsworth D., staff investigator, House Select Committee on

Crime..

101, 141

Durkin, William, regional director, Bureau of Narcotics and Danger-

ous Drugs.

388

Feldman, Arnold..

170, 377

Fischer, Hon. Robert E., deputy attorney general in charge of state-

wide organized crime task force..

5

Gollance, Dr. Harvey, assistant director, Beth Israel Medical Center.-

Greene, James F., Associate Commissioner, Operations, U.S. Immi-

gration and Naturalization Service___

262

355

Greene, James R., accompanied by Bert Nisonoff, counsel

Helpern, Dr. Milton, chief medical examiner, city of New York.

Indelicato, Joseph, accompanied by David M. Markowitz, counsel..

Jacobson, Max, M.D., accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Behar..

Jones, Mr., an unidentified witness_

Lang, Hon. Irving, judge, criminal court, city of New York.

Leibowitz, Hon. Samuel S., former justice, New York State Supreme

Court--

McCahey, John P., deputy chief inspector in charge of narcotics, New

York City Police Department---.

McGrath, George, commissioner of corrections--

Pepper, Hon. Claude, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Florida, and chairman, Select Committee on Crime, opening

statement..

Philippa, Sister Mary Keough; accompanied by Mrs. Benjamin; Mary

Thomas; Bill Sheuler; Mrs. Phauls; Walter Revels; Lee Ross; and

Bernard E. Butler, director, Community Planning Boards, Office of

the President, Borough of the Bronx.......