CRIME IN AMERICA-HEROIN IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, PACKAGING AND PARAPHERNALIA HEARINGS BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CRIME HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO H. Res. 17 A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 25, 26, 27, 29, AND 30, 1970, NEW YORK, N.Y. Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Crime 48-893 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office SELECT COMMITTEE ON CRIME MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina PAUL L. PERITO, Chief Counsel JAMES F. SOUTHERLAND, Executive Director Committee Staff Assisted by the following Special Counsels : PETER EMMET FLEMING, Jr. PAUL B. GALVANI PAUL K. ROONEY ELKAN ABRAMOWITZ (II) Allen, Stuart, chief investigator, House Select Committee on Crime.. Ambrose, Hon. Myles, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Customs______ Andreoli, Peter, assistant district attorney, New York County- Baird, Robert W., M.D., director of the Haven Clinic, New York City, accompanied by Mr. Smith__ Beame, Hon. Abraham, comptroller of the city of New York.......... Cain, Martin, accompanied by Paul F. Hannah, counsel... Costello, Michael, special agent, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Coyne, Edward T., agent, Office of Special Agent in Charge, U.S. 166 324 240, 403 Crisci, Joseph, accompanied by Jay Gold, counsel__ Dempsey, Rev. Oberia D., coordinator, National Concerned Com- 369 Gollance, Dr. Harvey, assistant director, Beth Israel Medical Center. Greene, James F., Associate Commissioner, Operations, U.S. Immi- gration and Naturalization Service.. Greene, James R., accompanied by Bert Nisonoff, counsel__ Helpern, Dr. Milton, chief medical examiner, city of New York.. Indelicato, Joseph, accompanied by David M. Markowitz, counsel. Jacobson, Max, M.D., accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Behar.. Jones, Mr., an unidentified witness.. Lang, Hon. Irving, judge, criminal court, city of New York.... Leibowitz, Hon. Samuel S., former justice, New York State Supreme McCahey, John P., deputy chief inspector in charge of narcotics, New Statement of-Continued Page Rainey, Valeria Wayde, accompanied by Ralph B. Raukx, counsel.. 139 109 289 119 Rossides, Hon. Eugene T., Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Seeley, Albert, agent, Office of Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Bureau 114, 334 Sexton, Brendon, executive director of Encounter. Siegel, Louis, accompanied by Sidney Schwartz, counsel 428 349 103 332, 334 Tendy, William M., assistant U.S. attorney, chief of narcotics unit, Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by 45 222 Abrams, Robert, president, Borough of the Bronx, statement_ 434 32 Biaggi, Hon. Mario, a Representative in Congress from the State of 34 Bingham, Hon. Jonathan B., a Representative in Congress from the 28 Button, Hon. Daniel E., a Representative in Congress from the 30 Cain, Martin J., division manager, United States Envelope Co.: Letter dated July 6, 1970, to Chairman Pepper, re future sales policy concerning small packaging envelopes.. Letter dated October 20, 1970, to P. L. Perito, chief counsel, Select Committee on Crime, re sales of glassine envelopes_____ Costello, Michael, special agent, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs: Map showing heroin smuggling routes Letters to M. J. Cain, division manager, United States Envelope Delaney, Hon. James J., a Representative in Congress from the State 136 138 13 83 257 Dempsey, Rev. Oberia D., coordinator, National Concerned Committee Against Narcotics Smuggling, Narcotics Traffic, Narcotics Addiction and Crime, statement___ 374 392 255 Durkin, William, Regional Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dan- Egan, Father Daniel, founder of the Village Haven, statement_-_ Halpern, Hon. Seymour, a Representative in Congress from the State Helpern, Dr. Milton, chief medical examiner, city of New York, article from the New York Journal of Medicine entitled "Deaths From Narcotism in New York City". |