Vacari, real quick, then we'll get back to the Trump bashing.
Why did the commission even bother recognizing the west coast families when they clearly didn't want to do business with them? It's obvious they preferred the Jewish gangsters like Siegel and Coen to represent them out west. I know in Roselli's book he talks about vouching for Dragna. Why? It seems that recognizing the west coast families and officially making them part of the national syndicate was as far as their respect went. Beyond that, they seemed to view the west coast families as an annoyance.
I made the mistake of buying that Lanza book. There's like no information about him. Most of the book was about well known mob stuff elsewhere around the country. Did Lanza ever do anything mob related? Same for San Jose.
At one time they were a decent sized criminal organization. On top of that like you said Roselli was their link to Chicago and Dragna seemed close with Tommy Luchese. I guess it is just because they're all part of Cosa Nostra. The big families didn't need to respect any of the little families but they did anyway.
