I think he was more of a union guy than a street gu, kind of like Frank Gerace, they were both capable of murder but were strictly unions and not really LCN, and than Natale went away in the 80's, he probably had a chance of being made under Scarfo if he didn't go in, Scarfo was making everyone, the testimony talks about how they were planning on making more guys in 87 if they didn't go away such as the third Pungitore brother Ralph.