European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Joseph e. Mohbat and Bernard Gavzer a staff writers dented scratched a Little scared but tremendously Rich and Power Ful. That s the status of organized crimean America today despite All the muscle of the Federal government and unprecedented Public exposure. It seems destined to flourish As Longas Man and Money. The names mafia la Cosa Nostra mob Syndicate May change. Faces May go behind bars or  the roots Are deep. The financial Well is bottomless. The clientele i boundless. Those who play with the mob Are no victims but willing customers docile compliant  like to Gamble. They crave their fix. They need Quick Money at what Ever interest. And they Don t cry out when squeezed. They prize their  secret files of America s investigative agencies hold fat dossiers on More than 5,000 gangsters connected with organized crime. Yet most of themare walking around free. For nearly a decade now the Public has been made dramatically aware of the  the televised Mcclellan hear Ings of the 1950s, to hoodlum Joe Val Achi s babblings of the Early 60s, to for Mer atty. Gen. Robert f. Kennedy s organized crime drive the problem has been bared in  Federal pressure continues. The latest innovation is the Multi Agency strike Force in which top level Feder Al investigators go into one area to Poland Analyse their information in Hopes of rooting out la Cosa  claimed several dozen indictments after one year in Buffalo. This Mont hit pits its wits against the Well entrenched mob of Detroit. There will be indictments perhaps even convictions for notorious Cosa Nostra leaders. But la Cosa Nostra is no Fly by night purse snatching ring. It a a Page 12 smoothly run monopolistic corporation As organized As general motors As Well financed As at tas enduring As National government. When one Leader Falls the family has another groomed to take his place. Eventually atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark strike Force will vacate Buffalo. There is no responsible official in the depart ment of Justice who will say la Cosa Nostra will be gone too. Hurt maybe but there. In theory believes Clark dubbed by president Johnson or. Big in the fed eral ant crime War organized crime ineradicable. It s an identifiable target an exposed one. There Are other industrialized highly urbanized societies that Don t have the problem Clark says. But i Don t think the Federal govern ment alone can eliminate it. We can t do much More than shake it up pretty seriously and i think we be done  he nub of the problem Many be Lieve it incorruptibility of local  Don t believe said Clark in an interview that organized crime can flourish where it s not afforded some immunity from local Law  crime has to Deal with Large numbers of people in say  the police want to find out about it they  associated press Survey of experts in Law enforcement tended to corroborate Clark s implication Federal investigative agencies do not Deal confidently with most local police departments. Police departments often do not Trust one another. There is even friction among the fed eral agencies supposedly United in the organized crime drive. The federa Bureau of investigation for example refused to place its agents under the Justice department s strike Force leadership. It provided intelligence the requested but agents acted solely under the authority of director j. Edgar Hoover. A top level Federal investigator said a major task that faced the Buffalo strike Force was to determine which City Law enforcement officers flu let be  re highly selective he said on what local police we will Deal with. We know from investigation what squad officers and men Are clean and reliable which ones Are on the  he mentioned another area where organized crime is concentrated and i i f ? we re highly selective., on Inhat local police Ive Ivill Deal Vith. We know from investigation Inhat squad officers and men Are clean and reliable Ivsich. Are on the take.9 the stars and stripes or a mat \ v new York water commissioner Jal Marcus above after pleading innocent to Kickback charges was linked to Cosa Nostra chief. Up Anothony Corallo was called mafia agent in kickbacks. Where a strike Force will one Day be dispatched. There s not a police Force in that part of the state i d Trust with the time of Day. Talk to them and you re tipping off the mob within the hour. You would t believe the  other obstacles to banishment of the criminal Empire the a Survey showed millions of americans use and de Mand the services of organized crime. The annual bankroll from gambling alone is conservatively estimated at $20 billion. With increased Federal pressure on the obvious criminal activities of Lacosa Nostra mobsters take their gambling bankroll and move into legitimate and pseudo legitimate Busi Nesses. ,. Evidence the kind that convicts Cosa Nostra big shots is incredibly difficult to obtain. The crime Syndicate i is organized so that top level  Are carefully insulated from Law enforcement. I every Effort is made to ensure that Law enforcement will be unable to obtain live witnesses. The foot soldiers of the mafia Are kept silent by fear their families Are fed and financed they Are put away thus ensuring their loyalty and silence. Documents silence also is hard to obtain. Bookies Don t keep records. No state or local poll Cut ask cd  staffed to combat Organ teed crime effectively. One Marcase May take two or three Yea to develop and several More to prosecute and Appeal. Jurisdictions Are and of Rae Ted. One Syndicate Gan bling aeration May Cross several municipal and state lines. The p Eside crime commission said to ice a cies do not cooperate will or Veach other because hey Aie a of organized crime s ability Cocori Law enforcement.". F a there is a continuing Lack of a and political com mite it to Wing organized crime. 1 pud crime commission 1l.u the 1-.whenaction Only sporadically s Esko moved by sensational disclosure. Ten have availed themselves of que mafia services to Battle in is negotiate sweetheart contracts smooth Over problems with City id state governments. Labor Hasme the same in reverse. Day s racketeer said asst. Atty., Fred m. Vinson jr., has taken on afferent character and really tries to1 notoriety which is associated with i of violence. Today he is the sophisticate. He moves into areas of commercial crime where the victim is brought into the web of conspiracy made a party to the crime. These crimes really you have to Deal with differently. I Call the consensual crimes or victimless  Vinson who Heads the Justice department s criminal division said Syndicate leaders today employ lawyer Sand accountants in the establishment of very intricate business setups. They us modern Public relations techniques. They join the country club and Are very Good about supporting local charities. They make every Effort to be looked Onas pillars of the Community. Yet under the facade of legitimacy and above layers of insulation in the organization the illegal methods Are  Al Ake a conservative estimate of $20 billion in Gross gambling receipts Vin son said and a conservative percent of profit and you have in the hands of these people at least $6 Bil lion. And that really is their  Money can be used for any Pur pose they see fit. It can be used for purposes of corruption. It can be used to bankroll shy Locking operations. Itcan be used to bankroll narcotics oper  we Are confident that a sub Stantial amount of that Money goes on of the country Squirrel led away in for eign  list of legitimate businesses that become mobster havens is  Are probably heavy on service Type business Vinson said. Line service for example. They have been known to have interests in Security dealerships dairies trucking concerns brokerage houses Selling supplies or food to retailers nightclubs taverns restaurants. With these operations they cleanse their illegitimate Money giving them an apparent source of in come for tax  corruption of local police Vinson said is fairly common. As the crime commission made Clear where organized crime flourishes you May be sure you have some  the most sensational current cases the Kickback scandal in the administration of mayor John v. Lindsay of new York City. Two of those involved Are Anthony Tony ducks Corallo heir apparent to Cosa Nostra s luchese family and James Marcus a Youn administrator whose dedication and political savvy brought him the Cabine position of water commissioner. Marcus Corallo and three other shave been indicted on Federal charges of receiving $40,000 in Kickback Money Onan $835,000 emergency contract for cleaning a water Reservoir. As water commissioner Marcus approved the contract without competitive bids. I not know in an Workings of the e total Impact of a single american business has largely aloof sometimes All wednesday. Rar sey Clark or. Big in Federal ant crime War. 1968 up up asst atty. Gen. Fred. M. Vinson or. Helps Lead crime fight. The stars and stripes f the indictment is True How did Corallo get to Marcus one acknowledged expert on the mafia had a guess. Charles Siragusa executive director of the Illinois crime investigating commission disclaimed knowledge of the Marcus Case but told the a i would be confident that you d find the classic mafia or la Cosa Nostra technique. You Don t find a Tony Accardo or Sam Giancana Chicago chieftains emeritus going directly to some one. There Are  Are people who on the Siu continued on Page 1$ Page 13