The movie did not end well. But the point I'm making is that mass meetings were not uncommon during the mob's heyday as they didn't seem to worry that much about being exposed as they do now. Back then the mob's presence was much more out in the open, that is what defined their heyday imo.
Fair enough. But a gathering like that today would be suicidal.
Maranzano seemed to be hosting annual mafia conventions. Hundreds were invited to a big hall on Washington Ave in the Bronx and another one in Wappinger Falls. J.Bonanno said about 300 attended Wappinger Falls. If Valachi was a bodyguard he would been an eyewitness. Of course this would be unthinkable years later.
