What's more, Ruddy got more from the Colombos than he gave by eliminating "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra." The Colombos made union problems disappear (to use Woltz's phrase), gave cooperation on the streets--and let James Caan hang around with some of their top guys (reportedly Carmine Persico) to study their ways. Caan was so thick with the mob guys that the FBI opened a file on him.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.