Senate Report 473: proceedings against Rocco Fischetti (1951)
Senate Report No. 473, 82d Congress, 1st Session, on the Kefauver Committee's contempt proceedings against Rocco Fischetti, who refused to answer questions. The report accompanies S. Res. 160 and annexes excerpts of the hearing record.
- Date
- 1951-06-25
- Kind
- hearing
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Docket
- S. Rept. No. 473, 82d Cong., 1st Sess. (1951); Serial Set 11488
- Rights
- A work of the United States Congress. Public domain in the United States. 17 U.S.C. § 105.
The printed caption is “Proceedings against Rocco Fischetti for contempt of the Senate.” It is Senate Report No. 473, 82d Congress, 1st Session, submitted by Senator O for the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, to accompany S. Res. 160, ordered printed June 25 (legislative day, June 21), 1951. It is printed in Serial Set volume 11488; the text was read from the Serial Set PDF on govinfo.
The report asks the Senate to certify the facts of Rocco Fischetti’s contempt of the Senate to the United States Attorney. The report states that the witness was brought before the committee under a warrant issued pursuant to S. Res. 65 on May 28, 1951, in room P-36, United States Capitol Building, 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 13: Miscellaneous witnesses.
