joeph Profaci was a very greedy boss, forcing members to pay $ 25 a month, as an old Sicilian tradition, to help the families of mafiosi in prison, in reality, stayed with Profaci. Profaci didn't tolerate any dissent to his policies.Profaci didn't tolerate any dissent to his policies. People who expressed discontent with the tithing policy or other matters were murdered.When he ordered to kil Frank Abbatemarco, a bookmaker, and split the profits between himself, his relatives and his colose associates, instead of giving it to the Gallo brothers, who had more right because they are already cooperating with Abbatemarco,Gallos began to rebels to Profaci.When Gaetano Lucchese and Carlo Gambino proposed him to withdraw, to avoid the impending war with the Gallos , he refused, because he thought (and perhaps he was right) that the two were in agreement with Gallo, and said he would set off a gang war if they tried to dismiss it.
And so began the First Colombo War