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When Chicago Sun-Times Reporter Ray Brennan got hold of some secret testimony before the Kefauver crime committee, his story was a heavy blow to the Democrats. It cost "Tubbo" ("richest cop in the world") Gilbert the election for sheriff, and it helped defeat the whole Cook County Democratic machine in the 1950 elections, including Senator Scott Lucas, Democratic floor leader. A federal grand jury indicted Brennan, charging that he had impersonated a federal employee (TIME, Sept. 22) to get the secret testimony. The Government's first attempt to prosecute Brennan was thrown out of a Washington federal court...
After several previous attempts, the University has succeeded in buying a piece of real estate on De Wolfe St., opposite Leverett House, known locally as the "Brennan Property." Workmen, pictured above, have started tearing down the unit...
...producers take advantage of this setup to create suspense. Almost in the manner of a Saturday afternoon serial story, the action flits about different situations as Commander Brennan and his men track down the squad that has been engaged in a series of explosions. No dialogue is wasted, no character is without a function...
...issue with a radical young woman's idea that voting will never produce a better world, that people must actively fight for it. In the end, the representatives of the Yard shoot it out with the thugs in a power plant. This causes several temporary blackouts, during which Commander Brennan remarks, "Once the people have known light they will never tolerate darkness...
...final fadeaway, Brennan walks home in the early London morning while the polished voice of the BBC tells of the electric company apologizing for the power failure of the night before...