From the start of the Commission through the 1950s, Some Jewish gangsters were basically part of the commission. They had more clout than many Italian bosses. I don't care what Italian gangsters believed, or were led to believe. It's the truth. When Lansky was chased out of Cuba, the Jewish influence among the Commission had just about ended.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
