vention would accept him as a candidate. He said although it might help him politically to support former Gov. Governor Calls George Wallace of Alabama now for president, he did not plan to make a decision on that yet. M'KEITHEN said that he "accepts" the Warren Com- mission report on the, assas- For Probe of sination of President Kennedy, but this does not necessarily mean he "thinks" it is cor- rect. He said he accepts it on the basis of those doing the investigating but declined to explain his definition of the Crime Charge word "accept." He added that District Attorney Jim Garrison should be allowed to By BILL LYNCH complete his investigation. (States-Item Bureau) Otherwise, the nation or the BATON ROUGE—Gov. John J. McKeithen said world will believe that po- litical pressure today he has ordered an investigation into charges was brought to bear to end it premature- that criminal influences exist at all levels of state ly, he explained. government. On the Life magazine arti- The governor said if allegations that crime exists cles on crime in Louisiana, Gov. McKeithen said, "There in s t ate government is no question this state has prove true, "the people the private group has. been terribly smeared." of this state will have my "Whoever gave that infor- He said, "I hope we can mation to Life Magazine resignation so fast it will recuperate and cure the ter- about state government did rible image that has been make their heads swim. this state a great disservice," projected about us throughout He said he would quit be- he said. the nation." cause if the allegations are The governor also com- The governor said that the correct, "either I'm a crook mented on other issues: only reason for the alleged or I'm too stupid to be gov- He said that efforts are be- smear that he could figure ernor." ing made to get the federal out is the indictment of Wal- McKeithen said at his reg- court to alter its judgment ter Sheridan, an investigator ular news conference that he, in the grant-in-aid case to for the National Broadcasting special state police invesit- See M'KEITHEN— Page 4 Co. by Garrison in the Ken- gators and an FBI agent will nedy assassination probe. meet with the New Orleans HE DECLARED that there Metropolitan Crime Commis- McKeithen- is crime in other states sur- sion next week to study its Continued from Front Page rounding Louisiana, but the evidence. magazine picked on Louisiana permit the state to provide apparently because rackets THE GOVERNOR again funds for mentally retarded figure Carlos Marcello lives angrily commented on a Life children. in the New Orleans area magazine article on criminal Law enforcement, he said, "They know they can take influences In Louisiana state is the number one issue in Marcella and 'smear any- and local government. He the country today. He criti- body," the governor said. called it a "deliberate smear" cized the national leadership The governor said again on the state. on this score and said he did that the state will investigate Whoever is responsible for not know if he could support itself first and then "we the article "should leave the President Johnson for reelec- shall" investigate other al- legations on the local level. state," he said. tion. Asked if he referred to McKeithen said he has no He said that if the magazine Aaron Kohn, head of the plans to sign a civil 'service allegations on the state level MCC, McKeithen replied: "If pay raise schedule recom- were true, then the state level the shoe fits, let him wear it." I mended by the State Civil would have to be probed first Service Commission earlier —"You can't have crooks in- vstigating crooks." THE CRIME commission this year until he is certain said last week it supplied the adequate funds will be avail- HE SAID THAT if a panel basic information. The gov- able to support one. Of three ministers found that ernor said that he and mem- Asked if he planned to be a there was criminal influences bers of a special state police favorite son candidate at the investigating team would on the state government level, Democratic National Conven- then he would resign as gov- meet with the MCC soon to tion next year, McKeithen collect whatever information said he did not think the con- ernor. McKeithen said he has or- dered Col. Thomas Burbank, director of the Department of Public Safely, to notify all, of the sheriffs whose parishes were mentioned in the mag- azine articles as places where gambling flourished to clean up if any of the charges are true. N F 6V ORLEANS STATES-ITEM Crime „Panel Reuse O'Hara, Seeks gLtsil DA, MCC Asks Continued from Front Page their judicial advisor, some- one who does not share Judge Council has failed to close up O'Hara's loyalties to racket- Of DA, O'Hara establishments which have li- eers and convicted felons, and censes and which are using The Metropolitan Crime a legal advisor who does not these licenses to break the share District Attorney Gar- Commission today called for law," Kohn said. He added rison's violent refusals to ob- that pinball and jukebox op- the recusal of Dist. Atty. Jim jectively deal with organized erators have a big interest Garrison and Criminal Court crime." in seeing that establishments Judge Malcolm V. O'Hara as which use their machines are THE MCC PRESIDENT said legal and judicial advisers to kept open." he also intends to recommend the Orleans Parish Grand Commission President E. C. that the grand jury "formally Jury. Upton Jr. and Kohn said, request Mayor (Victor H.) Sixteen members of the "We believe there is need for Schiro and Police Supt. (Jos- crime commission have an official examination of con- eph I.) Giarnisso to assign for been subpenaed to appeal- 1)e- flicts of interests as exist in their assistance several mem- fore the grand jury' today in Landrieu's case." bers of the Police Intelligence connection with a probe into Upton said that the mem- Unit under command of Capt. mission files. allegations of organized crime bers of the crime commis- Thomas Drake, with the un- in New Orleans. ' sion, when they appear be- derstanding that these offi- KOHN A N D GARRISON Before showing up for the fore the grand jury, would cers will work directly for the have been the principals in grand jury session, officials of present "detailed investiga- grand jury, and not under the a running feud over the past the crime commission called tive leads pertaining to the supervision of the district at- several years over the ques- a press conference and rec- following major problems of torney." tion of whether New Orleans organized crime here: The crime commission is one of gangland's capital (Related Story on Page 1) "The pinball gambling called for the removal ' of cities. racket, rackets influence on O'Hara after the judge testi- The DA. said that if this ommended that the grand jury fied that he had acted as a "act to secure an impartial, sports and the liquor license grand jury fails to turn up "messenger" for convicted objective judicial adviser and racket." any proof of mob activity, felons—Teamster Union presi- legal adviser." UPTON CHARGED that the then Kohn should resign from dent James Hoffa and New MCC managing director liquor license racket involves the MCC. Orleans builder Zachary Aaron Kohn contended that "the complex, corrupt influ- The other MCC officials "Red" Strate. there is a conflict of interest ence of pinball-jukebox oper- called before the jury today involving City Councilman ators and others to maintain Garrison asked the jury to either are or have been mem- Moon Landrieu. He gold that the many hundreds of bars conduct its investigation into bers of the commission's Landrieu's membership on and other locations in which organized crime, he said, aft- board of directors. the Council and his position they operate their machines." er he became incensed at a as a lawyer for the TAC "Relative immunity from Life Magazine article which Amusement Co. poses a con- the law," he said, "has en- alleged that racketeering and flict of interest. couraged many of these loca- syndicated crime are flourish- Kohn said that City Coun- tions to contribute to the ing in the city. Garrison said he does not cil has taken little action with alarming rate of murders, as- regard to revoking liquor li- saults and other crimes in believe the Life charges are censes where pinball gam- this city." true and swore he would re- sign if the Grand Jury turns bling violations have oc- Both Upton and Kohn com- curred. up any evidence to support mended the last grand jury the claims. "We are saying that City for spotlighting the lack of (Turn to Page 4, Column 4) action taken against liquor OTHER GRAND juries dur- license holders who have vio- ing Garrison's tenure have lated the law. investigated the existence of mobsterism in New Orleans, ASKED SPECIFICALLY if each time returning a nega- the MCC was calling for the tive verdict. recusal of Garrison and Judge MCC managing director O'Hara for this particular Kohn, however, insists that grand jury, Kohn said: racketeering is going full blast in the Crescent City, "Basically, yes. And also supported mainly by the members of District Attorney forces of Carlos Marcello. Garrison's staff over whom Shortly after the Life he may exercise control." article hit the stands, Kohn, Upton said the MCC will who was subpenaed for to- suggest to the grand jury that day's session, announced that it appeal "to the attorney gen- most of the magazine's in- eral and the governor of this formation about New Orleans state for help in securing, as had come from crime corn-