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That is not to say that no effort was made. In 1933 New York senator Royal S. Copeland, a physician, former New York City health commissioner, and chairman of the Commerce Committee, scheduled a series of hearings that resulted in conflicting testimony and revelations so startling as to draw the public's attention immediately. Many of the early witnesses, who included police chiefs and district attorneys, denied the existence of any organized criminal activity in their respective jurisdictions, claims that were disputed by the Hearst press. The appearances of two witnesses in particular threw the proceedings into an uproar: New York criminal attorney Samuel Liebowitz testified at length to the political corruption that he had observed in the New York City police force. Sing Sing Warden Lewis Lawes went a step further, stating his belief that if law enforcement could be made invulnerable to corruption...
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