Originally Posted by dsd
The Jewish racketeers ran the garment Centre because it was mostly Jewish guys owning the companies. Especially in them days.
Even at the end of the 80s ,Amuso killed Pappadio because he wanted to put some Jewish guy in for that same reason.


Thanks for the additional info.

Originally Posted by dsd


Who's Tommy Strong?


Possibly Tommy Eboli?....Tommy Brown aka Lucchese is already mentioned so I personally cant see any other candidate. I think the Genovese guys sometimes used to have more than one rep on some specific "national" meetings, like in this case Catena and possibly Eboli. Similar to Chicago, and as you can see they had both Accardo and Giancana. Or when Eboli talked to both Ricca and Giancana regarding the Bonanno problem. Giancana was first recognized as commission rep in 1957, while Ricca probably held that position since 1932/33 or more than 20 years earlier.

Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?

Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.