What choice did they have? Maishe Rockman was married to John Scalish's sister and was with him on his deathbed, plus, Maishe was said to sit on the left side of Scalish while Lonardo (Scalish's other brother in law) sat on the right. Maishe was high up, although he was Jewish, he was married to John's sister. Maishe was considered John Scalish's "personal consigliere." Plus, Maishe was extremely tight with Bill Presser, one of the most powerful men in the Teamsters and set up many of the loans through Allan Dorfman in Chicago who was head of the Teamster State Pension Fund.