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Television thus magnifies the abuses which are already prevalent in Congressional committee investigations. The drama of watching folksy moralist Tobey struggle with "Greasy Thumb" Gusik entertains the public and attracts a large audience, but this is not the purpose of such an investigation. These hearing are held to get the facts--impartially, fairly, and with a minimum of showmanship. Until Congress can settle on a Fair Practices Code for these investigations, they should not be televised...
Unferocious. During Prohibition, Lane became the Daily News gangster specialist. He was creating an Oxie technique then. He snickered at the gangsters by inventing unferocious nicknames for them: "Greasy Thumb" Gusik, "Loudmouth" Levine, "Violet" Fusco. (Fusco's pals thereafter sent him bunches of violets...
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