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a ot hh “ft foley * Square. was “Jammed wil ' *pewwwerstralico people,“stiad TV, cameramen and oficial com- ‘mittee atiaches. * \Ericksoa, wo under guard from the , epilentisry on! Rikers Island, Meat en hand early.! He had abso, stely nothing te say; & fewsmen, | ‘Menator’ Exiles Kefauver, tall, ‘quiet Democratic Senator from Tennessee and chairman of the committee, opened the hearings at 10:10 a. m. They are expected to ‘gontinue about 10 days. ‘The cofimittee cacnot puntah anyone. It 1s looking for links between the underworld and poli- tice and ean recommend to the Senate such legislation as: it thinks might be of value. Five TV stations carried all or | part of the hearings to an esti- mated 2,250,000 homes or taverns in the New "York area, Washing- ton also was counted in by CBS, - Levy testified he and Costello were friends for 25 or 30 years, that he occasionally did legal work for Costello and that they were golfing partners. In 1945, Levy went on, the late New York harness racing commis- ¢ Benjamin Downey told him osevelt Raceway st Westbury, ¥., was infested with bookies added: "lf you don't stop it, IT] thke your license away.” Leavy recalled telling Dowsey: “I know a mfn who has in- fluence. with gambiers. I'll see him and see if 1 can get him.” ‘. That man, Levy testified, was -Costello, whom he talked to & day or two ijater. “Did Costelio ever tell you his business?” Levy was asked at one point. “1 don’t think I ever asked,” the witnes replied. Asked why he picked Costello over Erickson to clean out bookies at the track, Levy replied: . . “Erickson would have about as \miuch Influence 2s you.” Levy taid he had known Erick son for years, too, and-thal the pudgy imprisoned bookle often played golf with him and Costello.. atte neve ‘after be talked to Costello, Levy agid, the bookies vanished from the Westbury track, where thousands of fans collected! “I nightly during the summer months’ to bet on the horses. - ‘ -“Te what do you S ectbute Cos fello’s ability to get rid of book«, 7” the witness was asked. I am unable to explain it, | Levy, his eIbow proppe table as be seratened the te