FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Speaks Out On Gambling And Crime

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keywords: us government and politics, senate crime committee, fbi director j. edgar hoover, attorney general j. howard mcgrath

Synopsis: J. Edgar Hoover the first Director of the FBI testifies before the Senate Crime Committee stating that gambling is root of all crime and must be controlled at the local level rather than from Washington DC...(read more)

Date: 1951
Duration: 00:01:33
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Speaks Out On Gambling And Crime

Testifying before the Senate Crime Committee, FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover says that gambling is the root of all evil and from it stems all other crime. But he also says that gambling must be controlled from the local, not the national level. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath is also a witness at the hearing.