willie moretti was hit on orders from vito Genovese, moretti was suffering from a veneral disease and it had affected his brain. when he testified in front of the Kefauver commission his speech rambled, and Genovese was afraid he would say things. joe valaci goes into the morretti killing in the book "the valachi papers" valachi says the hitman was johnny robolito, and he took anastasias side after Gambino took over,so Gambino had him hit.