Mostly true...In Chicago, the only guy that Accardo wanted anybody dealing with was Lonardo. Remember, Chicago had their own Jewish racketeer that was very important to the family, his name was Gus Alex. However, guys like Accardo, Lonardo etc were old school and even though a person who was non-Italian and had stature, they still did not want to talk business in front of a "non-member." Guys like Accardo left it up to guys like Big Ange to relay any part of the discussion.