senate historian dan holt. mr. holt, how busy was vegas in 1950? was it anywhere close to what we know it as today? i think it was quite busy. you know, those early hotels were comg up gambling was already big business in las vegas. you know, earlier i talked about members of the senate who weren't very excited about this investigation to happen. and one of those was senator pat mccarran of nevada. he was not really looking forward to this new upstart kefauver coming into his backyard and and making noise about mob connections to the hotels and things going on there. it might not have been quite the, you know, the full glitz and glamor that we think of when we see las vegas today. but i think those operations were already well up and running and there was a lot of connections between what was going on in las vegas and members of these organizations, criminal organizations in los angeles were also the kefauver committee went and held hearings. so these five senators did they have a large staff on this committee? and who were some of the chief invest

senate historian dan holt. mr. holt, how busy was vegas in 1950? was it anywhere close to what we know it as today? i think it was quite busy. you know, those early hotels were coming up gambling was already big business in las vegas. you know, earlier i talked about members of the senate who weren't very excited about this investigation to happen. and one of those was senator pat mccarran of nevada. he was not really looking forward to this new upstart kefauver coming into his backyard and and making noise about mob connections to the hotels and things going on there. it might not have been quite the, you know, the full glitz and glamor that we think of when we see las vegas today. but i think those operations were already well up and running and there was a lot of connections between what was going on in las vegas and members of these organizations, criminal organizations in los angeles were also the kefauver committee went and held hearings. so these five senators did they have a large staff on this committee? and who were some of the chief inve

dan holt is the associate u.s. senate historian. thanks for taking part in diana carlin is a professor emerita of communication at saint louis university and a retired faculty member, an administrator at the university of kansas. her research and teaching are in political communication, with an emphasis on women in politics. first lady's political debates and presidential rhetoric. she published book chapters on first lady's martha washington. lady bird johnson. barbara bush. hillary clinton and michelle obama. and is completing one on julia grant. she taught a course on the rhetoric of first ladies at kansas and an interdisciplinary course on first ladies at saint louis university and american university in fall 2022. she also teaches courses on first ladies for the ocean, a lifelong learning institute at cu, and lectures on first ladies for a variety of community groups. she was a panelist at the 2021 white house historical association asian symposium and the 2020 colloquium. she is a founding member of flair, the first lady's ass