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Chapter 14

           Heconsolidatedthispowerwithafar-seeingstatesmanlikeintelligence;byhelpingbrilliantboysfrompoorItalianfamiliesthroughcollege,boyswhowouldlaterbecomelawyers,assistantdistrictattorneys,andevenjudges.Heplannedforthefutureofhisempirewithalltheforesightofagreatnationalleader.

           TherepealofProhibitiondealtthisempireacripplingblowbutagainhehadtakenhisprecautions.In1933hesentemissariestothemanwhocontrolledallthegamblingactivitiesofManhattan,thecrapgamesonthedocks,theshylockingthatwentwithitashotdogsgowithbaseballgames,thebookmakingonsportsandhorses,theillicitgamblinghousesthatranpokergames,thepolicyornumbersracketofHarlem.Thisman’snamewasSalvatoreMaranzanoandhewasoneoftheacknowledgedpezzonovante,.90calibers,orbigshotsoftheNewYorkunderworld.TheCorleoneemissariesproposedtoMaranzanoanequalpartnershipbeneficialtobothparties.VitoCorleonewithhisorganization,hispoliceandpoliticalcontacts,couldgivetheMaranzanooperationsastoutumbrellaandthenewstrengthtoexpandintoBrooklynandtheBronx.ButMaranzanowasashort-sightedmanandspurnedtheCorleoneofferwithcontempt.ThegreatAlCaponewasMaranzano’sfriendandhehadhisownorganization,hisownmen,plusahugewarchest.HewouldnotbrookthisupstartwhosereputationwasmorethatofaParliamentarydebaterthanatrueMafioso.

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