well, in valachis book written in 1967, valachi says there was 5000 made guys in the country half of them in new York.

he said the largest family, was the gambinos with 900 made guys.
maybe hes counting associates also, I don't know. but, that's

where the fbi gets their numbers.


" 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"