Desi Arnaz — Part 7

35 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Desi Arnaz · 35 pages OCR'd

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: , a- : | Offve Mem...ndum + onitep s : TO 7 Mr. DeLoa - _, SURRRCT wpHEYONTOUCHABLES" TOE (rege ne trope ~DESILU PRODUCTIONS, INC, == 3-1 'tytie DECEMBER 24, 1959 oo, Gandy t ais _s: : GOVERNMENT ‘PATE: December 28, 1959 ! Captioned progr monitored on Thursday, December 24, 19 si tro entitled ou Can't Pick the Number," concerned the _ numbers racket and local gambling. Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his group - of "The Untouchables" are involved in breaking up a mumbers racket in Chicago. There appeared to be no basis for Federal jurisdiction, but Ness and his "Federal" men were given credit for this investigation, ae of - . The principnd character is a Mr. Morrison, a family man who has - been in the numbers racket for years and has attempted to run it as honestly as possible. He is portrayed as an honest, hard-working individual with a devoted son and wife. A numbers syndicate moves in on his territory as one of his collectors is killed for "welching't ona numbers pay off. Morrison is killed when he attempts to cooperate with Ness, a A _ °° A Chicago police captain was portrayed as an inside member of the numbers syndicate. .- oe 7 . . _ Following the death of Morrison,his son agrees to cooperate an) Ness. He leads."The Untouchables" to a dairy which is being used as a "front" for the numbers racket. Considerable shooting and killing: goes on during the raid. The bookkeeper of the numbers racket flees from the dairy and proceeds to the apartment of the head of the numbers racket. This individual is engaged in a poker game with a group of men, among whom is the police captain. Ness breaks into the room, confiscates the records of the numbers Syndicate, and _— it is implied that with this information a successful prosecution wou sult, - 9 : ee REC 1G BS oO -f 0) <>-:>- ‘There was no mention made of the FBI du g the pr edt 8 8 was announced that next week's program would concern, "The Underground 3°): Railway." This program will be monitored, s..j|_= sm er OT RECOMMENDATION: °° °°" gs ‘pc’ 30 1980" : _ None. _ For information. .. 4) fa 1 - Mr. DeLoach £3 | aa Wéream a KZ JANG 1960" SCE : ‘ | 4 - * 7 ‘ ; wa gee

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: | Offve Mem...ndum + onitep s
: TO 7 Mr. DeLoa -
_,  SURRRCT wpHEYONTOUCHABLES" TOE (rege ne trope
~DESILU PRODUCTIONS, INC, == 3-1 'tytie
DECEMBER 24, 1959 oo, Gandy

t ais

_s: : GOVERNMENT

‘PATE: December 28, 1959

! Captioned progr monitored on Thursday, December 24,
19 si tro entitled ou Can't Pick the Number," concerned the _
numbers racket and local gambling. Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his group -
of "The Untouchables" are involved in breaking up a mumbers racket in Chicago.
There appeared to be no basis for Federal jurisdiction, but Ness and his "Federal"
men were given credit for this investigation, ae of -

. The principnd character is a Mr. Morrison, a family man who has -
been in the numbers racket for years and has attempted to run it as honestly as
possible. He is portrayed as an honest, hard-working individual with a devoted
son and wife. A numbers syndicate moves in on his territory as one of his
collectors is killed for "welching't ona numbers pay off. Morrison is killed
when he attempts to cooperate with Ness, a A

_ °° A Chicago police captain was portrayed as an inside member of the
numbers syndicate. .- oe 7 .

. _ Following the death of Morrison,his son agrees to cooperate an)

Ness. He leads."The Untouchables" to a dairy which is being used as a "front"

for the numbers racket. Considerable shooting and killing: goes on during the

raid. The bookkeeper of the numbers racket flees from the dairy and proceeds

to the apartment of the head of the numbers racket. This individual is engaged

in a poker game with a group of men, among whom is the police captain. Ness

breaks into the room, confiscates the records of the numbers Syndicate, and _—
it is implied that with this information a successful prosecution wou sult, - 9

: ee REC 1G BS oO

-f 0) <>-:>- ‘There was no mention made of the FBI du g the pr edt 8 8

was announced that next week's program would concern, "The Underground 3°):
Railway." This program will be monitored, s..j|_= sm er OT

RECOMMENDATION: °° °°" gs ‘pc’ 30 1980"

: _ None. _ For information. .. 4) fa
1 - Mr. DeLoach £3 |

aa Wéream a KZ JANG 1960" SCE
: ‘ | 4 - * 7 ‘ ; wa gee