A Don is an absolute monarch. He can do whatever he wants, including elevating his son over anyone and everyone. But that doesn't mean that anyone and everyone will like it and go along with it. The famous and highly destructive "Bananna War" of the mid-Sixties was fought in part because a lot of Bonanno Family members (and others in the Mafia) resented Joe's readying of his son Bill to become his successor. A lot of Gambinos resented Junior's elevation to power--look how long he lasted. :rolleyes: Alphonse Persico's rise was accompanied by more destructive divisiveness.