Sonny you are correct. Roselli was made into the Chicago Outfit before he went to Los Angeles. In those old days, The Outfit did not use the East Coast ceremony. Doesn't mean none of those men weren't made. They were made the Chicago way. The Los Angeles Boss took orders from Roselli because when Roselli was talking, it was CHICAGO TALKING.
He wasn't made as a Cosa Nostra member back then. Capone wasn't yet the Outfit boss, Torrio was. Capone had certain connections that Torrio didn't have. Whether or not Rosselli ever took part in a ceremony himself is not known, but he took part in them as an adviser to Dragna later, and was a member of Dragna's borgata. After Dragna died he and Fratianno transferred their memberships to Chicago; Los Angeles didn't recognize Fratianno's transfer and that created contention between them. Frank LaPorte and San Giancana stood up for Rosselli to Los Angeles, but they didn't inquire about Fratianno until Giancana was out of the picture and LaPorte said he wasn't sure. Anyway, the point is that Rosselli was a member of the Los Angeles Family while Dragna was its boss and possibly earlier considering he lived in California since 1924/25.
