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...Senate, Kefauver voted the party line, authored no major bills. But in 1951 he catapulted to fame and, thanks to national television, built himself a real political image. As chairman of a special Senate crime investigating committee, he dragged such diverse and unsavory characters as Greasy Thumb Guzik, Virginia Hill and Frank Costello into the bright lights for a classic lesson in morality. Gentle but relentless, Kefauver questioned them with painful sincerity, became to millions a pillar of log-cabin courage and small-town mores because of the contrast between his stolid ruggedness and the squirming, shifty-eyed hoodlums...
Pushing ahead with its gambling probe (TIME, Sept. 1), the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations got satisfaction of a sort out of Thomas F. Kelly Sr., boss of a Chicago race-wire service, who was helped into office by the likes of Jacob ("Little Jack") Guzik. Anthony ("Tough Tony") Accardo. and Murray ("The Camel") Humphreys. Charging that one of Kelly's underlings had been driven to a suicide attempt by efforts to prevent him from testifying, the subcommittee chairman, Arkansas Democrat John McClellan, wondered aloud if the bulky, balding Chicagoan were not "the lowest scum of humanity...
Other Crimson matmen were George ub, defeated 2 to 1 by Brown captain ne Bouley in the 130 lb. class; Red ant, decisioned 4 to 0 by 191-lb. Phil eyer of Penn State; and heavyweight m Gaston, who lost a 4-0 bout to Pitt's b Guzik...
Guard: John Guzik, 22, Pittsburgh; 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs. Senior. Major: business administration. Was the star of one of the most rugged lines in college football this year. Has the size and agility to make a tremendous linebacker for any pro defensive unit; drafted last year by Los Angeles Rams...
...Formerly called "Little Jack," sawed-off (5 ft. 4 in.) Jake was retagged by Hearst newsmen shortly after the death of his brother, Harry ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, a pimp; originally nicknamed for his habit of wetting his thumb while peeling bills off a horse-choking bankroll...