Waxey Gordon’s Prosecutor Flays Politicians And Racketeer Tie-Up (Dewey Statement)

Waxey Gordon’s Prosecutor Flays Politicians And Racketeer Tie-Up (Dewey Statement) Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for New York, Thomas Dewey, at desk (SOF): “...racketeer has never been above the law. The Federal Governent can only help...in outstanding cases...the real problem is to remove the influence of the racketeer from politics. Local authorities in New York & almost every great city in the country hold office by grace of politicians who are in partnership w/ criminals. That has been true in the past & that condition is rapidly changing. Federal Agents, working on the Gordon case, were actually arrested in certain cities when they were detained by police until the racketeers could be tipped off.” 04:14:18 Appeals to the public to help. “Reform of criminal law is needed but we do not need to wait for it, once the alliance between criminals & politicians is smashed, racketeering will come to a prompt end.” Bootleggers; Gangsters; Criminals; Laws; Government; 1933; 1930s; Celebrity; Celebrities;