[QUOTE]Originally posted by juventus:
I just checked this page: http://www.ganglandnews.com/gambino.htm

And now, finished reading it, i have a few questions.

According to the page Mangano was the chairman after the killing of Maranzano by Lucky Luciano.
"According to Joe Bonanno, Mangano served as chair of the group, most likely in recognition of the status of his powerful family, which was the largest of all."
I always thought Lucky was the chairman, am I correct or was it Mangano?
That story appeared in Joe Bonanno's autobiography, "A Man of Honor." Perhaps it was true. But Charlie Luciano was definitely--repeat, definitely--the most important person on the Commission in the Thirties.
Luciano was asked to whack Maranzano because Maranzano had declared himself "Capo di Tutti Capi." It would have been consistent with Luciano's character to try to avoid looking like the new "Capo." That's why he gave the so-called "chairmanship" to Mangano. But everyone on the Commission knew he was the most important one. And when Dutch Shultz stepped out of line, Luciano ordered him killed. That reinforced his leadership position.


"Scalise stepped down and Vince Mangano was elected in his place." "Mangano's selection of Albert Anastasia as his underboss was probably not only an acknowledgement of Anastasia's power but more importantly his friendship with Lucky Luciano."
So who was Mangano's underboss? Scalise/Anastasia? Or both?
It was Anastasia. Scalise was finished after he was deposed.


"However, we now know that this reputation was greatly exaggerated due to the myth of Murder Incorporated. Serious historical research has established that there was no such thing as Murder Incorporated with hired killers sitting around waiting for killing assignments. Unfortunately, the legend lives on, distorting a real understanding of Cosa Nostra history."
Is that true? And what about Abe Reles, were all his stories lies?
The name, "Murder, Inc." was a creation of the news media. Buy there really was a gang of killers, headed by Reles and his cohorts including Allie Tick Tock Tannenbaum, Pittsburg Phil Strauss, Happy Maione and Mendy Weiss, who really were on salary, waiting for orders to kill.


"Vito Genovese had been conspiring with Anastasia underboss, Carlo Gambino..." ". In June, Anastasia underboss, Frank Scalise, the same person who briefly had been boss of this family in 1931, was gunned down in a scene that was recreated in The Godfather."
So who was his underboss at that time? Gambino/Scalise? Or both?
Scalise was just a figurehead underboss at that time. Gambino was the real "heir apparent," waiting to be crowned.

"Gotti brought other family powers into his scheme and in addition obtained unofficial approval from three of the other four families."
I thought not one family support Gotti.
It's unknown how many families Gotti consulted after he arranged the murder of Castellano. But all of the families hated Castellano, and feared that he would rat them out rather than spend the rest of his life in prison after his RICO indictment.

Aand BTW: was the infamous Roy DeMeo a capo or a soldier?
Probably a soldier. DeMeo spent his entire life sucking up to Nino Gaggi, trying to get "made." I doubt he got much farther than that.