# Senate Report 87: proceedings against Peter Tremont (1951)

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Senate Report No. 87, 82d Congress, 1st Session, on the Kefauver Committee's contempt proceedings against Peter Tremont, who refused to answer questions. The report accompanies S. Res. 69 and annexes excerpts of the hearing record.

The printed caption is "Proceedings against Peter Tremont for contempt of the Senate." It is Senate Report No. 87, 82d Congress, 1st Session, submitted by Senator Kefauver for the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, to accompany S. Res. 69, ordered printed February 8 (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 Peter Tremont's contempt of the Senate to the United States Attorney. The report states that the witness appeared on December 20, 1950, in Chicago, 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.

## Sources

- GovInfo, United States Congressional Serial Set: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-088-0087-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-088-0087-0000.pdf
- GovInfo details page for the report: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-11486_00_00-088-0087-0000