# Senate Report 122: proceedings against Russell Trilck (1951)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/kefauver-contempt-s-rept-82-122-trilck/

Senate Report No. 122, 82d Congress, 1st Session, on the Kefauver Committee's contempt proceedings against Russell Trilck, who failed to appear. The report accompanies S. Res. 80.

The printed caption is "Proceedings against Russell Trilck for contempt of the Senate." It is Senate Report No. 122, 82d Congress, 1st Session, submitted by Senator Kefauver for the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, to accompany S. Res. 80, ordered printed February 21 (legislative day, January 29), 1951. It is printed in Serial Set volume 11486; the text was read from the Serial Set PDF on govinfo.

The report asks the Senate to certify the facts of Russell Trilck's contempt to the United States Attorney. The report states that the witness did not appear; it cites the records of the hearings of February 8 and 9, 1951, at room 734, Federal Building, Detroit, for his failure to appear.

Unlike most of these reports, the ground is failure to appear after service, not refusal to answer.

A committee report asking the Senate to certify a contempt is the committee's account and request, not a court judgment. The outcome of the proceeding is not covered by this record. The committee's closing report, filed separately, has a section on the status of the contempt cases.

The printed hearing volume that lists this witness: [Part 9: Michigan](/items/kefauver-part-9-michigan-1951/).

## Sources

- GovInfo, United States Congressional Serial Set: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-123-0122-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-123-0122-0000.pdf
- GovInfo details page for the report: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-123-0122-0000