at the time, william o'dwyer had a role in these hearings. what was it? right. so one of the key goals that chief oliver established for this committee was to not just understand the criminal element in these cities, but to understand their political connections and the extent to which local crime, local law enrcement, was either not addressing the problem or wouldn't address the problem because of their connections with organized crime. former mayor of new york william o'dwyer, initially connected with the committee and and provided them with a lot of information talking about his experiences in fighting crime in new york city during his time there at the time of the committee hearings, he was actually ambassador to mexico and he came back from that siment to testify on camera. but when chief oliver turned to questioning o'dwyer, it wasn't to praise him for all the work that he had done. it was to question the ways in which he had not taken steps to deal with the gambling problem. in new york city, the people that he was connected to that prevented him from act