 In an investigation into Bergen County corruption following the Kefauver hearings, Dickerson testified that he had helped Democrat John V. Kenny in his 1949 campaign for mayor of Jersey City as a way of disrupting the Hudson County political machine of Frank Hague.After Kenny's win over Hague's nephew Frank H. Eggers in the Democratic primary, Kenny's Hudson County organization did not work hard for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Elmer H. Wene, helping to ensure Driscoll's victory in the general election.Dickerson further testified that the Republican State Committee had accepted a $25,000 "loan" from a friend of mob boss Abner Zwillman and had kept no record of the cash repayment.