Originally Posted by Dob_Peppino
Originally Posted by Giacomo_Vacari
Originally Posted by Hollander
Joe's older brother and advisor, Stefano, led a mafia clan in Castellammare del Golfo.


I think you mean Joe Bonanno's uncle Stefano Bonanno.

Originally Posted by chin_gigante
What is the actual source identifying Galante as Bonanno's underboss?


A number of FBN informants. Carmine Galante became Joe Bonannos driver after 1943. By 1950 he was a Capo, by 1953 he was sent up to Montreal and brought members into the Bonanno crime family. 1956 he was acting underboss, 1957 he was official underboss. John Morale became official underboss in 1959.
FBI got informants from other families in the late 1950s in New York and New Jersey, interesting none from the Bonanno crime family (made members anyway).

Is they why the 1963 Valachi Charts for the Bonannos were so shabby compared to the others?


I think that has a lot to do with Valachi being a east harlem/Bronx guy and the Bonannos were Brooklyn based.