alfa, that's my contention, there was no other way dewey would consent to freeing him, unless the government put it in his ear, the mob most certainly had the ways and means, to set the ship on fire. and lest we forget that the most powerful elements in the mob wanted him out. and, they held the n.y. waterfront in the palm of their hand.
" watch what you say around this guy, he's got a big mouth" sam giancana to an outfit soldier about frank Sinatra. [ from the book "my way"
