# Senate Report 28: proceedings against Arthur Longano (1951)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/kefauver-contempt-s-rept-82-28-longano/

Senate Report No. 28, 82d Congress, 1st Session, on the Kefauver Committee's contempt proceedings against Arthur Longano, who refused to answer questions. The report accompanies S. Res. 46 and annexes excerpts of the hearing record.

The printed caption is "Proceedings against Arthur Longano for contempt of the Senate." It is Senate Report No. 28, 82d Congress, 1st Session, submitted by Senator Kefauver for the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, to accompany S. Res. 46, ordered printed January 22 (legislative day, January 8), 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 Arthur Longano's contempt of the Senate to the United States Attorney. The report states that the witness appeared on December 13, 1950, before a subcommittee in room 457, Senate Office Building, Washington, and that his refusal to answer prevented the committee from receiving testimony. It annexes excerpts of the hearing record.

A committee report asking the Senate to certify a contempt is the committee's account and request, not a court judgment. The refusals it describes are not admissions, and 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 7: New York-New Jersey](/items/kefauver-part-7-new-york-new-jersey-1950/).

## Sources

- GovInfo, United States Congressional Serial Set: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-029-0028-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-029-0028-0000.pdf
- GovInfo details page for the report: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-029-0028-0000