Alfano base was in New Jersey during the time and most members outside New York stayed on the sidelines, the exceptions were California and Arizona members that were not retired at the time. Alfano was in fact the defecto boss of New Jersey Bonanno faction since Carmine Galante was locked up. Galante had one of the biggest crews before his arrest, as by 1960 it split unknown who became capo of the new crew as two years later it would reemerge back into Galante crew, then again in 1965 which Joe Notaro was official capo then demoted for remaining loyal to Bonanno, Mike Sabella became official capo, but decided to remain on the sidelines which caused him to be demoted. The crew was then split into four crews with Michael Consolo, Amando Pollastrino, and Michael Zaffarano were named capos for the opposition against Bonanno, Joseph Ziccarelli became capo over the New Jersey members of the crew remained on the sidelines, while some soldiers went with Joe Notaro into supporting Bonanno, and a couple went with Sabella under the Lucchese crime family protection on the condition that dont touch a gun during the conflict.

Paul Sciacca was a good earner for the family in the Garment business, unions had his own bank or two in New Jersey, and had put in some work for the family. His business in the garment industry attracted Bonanno to promote him to capo. This is important cause he was such an earner there that Lucchese liked him over the year after they met that a friendship began, and through that he was introduced to Carlo Gambino. When Gaspare stepped down, Lucchese picked Paul Sciacca to lead and the other commission members backed the pick up. He was bumped up to acting boss and made his old mentor Pietro Crociata Capo over his old crew. Crociate was able to get old members in the family to their side. Sciacca was still struggling trying to get the family together during and after the war. During the war he bumped up Mari and Adamo to capos, then bumped Mari to his underboss.

Why Adamo and Mari tried to takeout Sciacca? Greed. Who supported them? Some members in the Bonanno crime family, and members in other families. Mari was feuding with Michele Miranda, and Frank Celano in the Genovese crime family. My theory is that the Genovese were setting them up. Whatever happened, Adamo and Mari were sure they could pull it off. The members who are said to have tipped off Sciacca about the plot are Nicholas Marangello and Frank Tartamella. After Mari and Adamo disappeared, Mike Sabella came back into the folds thanks to his good friend Marangello, and Tartamella was promoted to capo.