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Address Before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City

May 20, 1964

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New York, NY

Organized crime is a national problem. The racketeer is not someone dressed in a black shirt, white tie and diamond stickpin, whose activities affect only a remote underworld circle. He is more likely to be outfitted in a gray flannel suit, and his influence is more likely to be as far-reaching as that of an important industrialist.