Bruno had a lot of associates, whom he treated very, very well. Long John Martorano was one of them; Natale was another. He and McCullough were Bruno's choice for local 54 but Scarfo already had Gerace.

I edited this because McCullough was supposed to be a consultant. Bruno was gonna merge a couple of locals and Natale, who was already in 1 of the locals that were to be merged, was to be the president of 54. But, Scarfo went over Bruno's head and had the Genovese reach out to the National to prevent the merger.