Крестный отец

           Buttodosopeacemustreigninhisdomainwhilewarragedintheworldoutside.

           DonCorleonecarriedhismessagethroughtheUnitedStates.HeconferredwithcompatriotsinLosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Cleveland,Chicago,Philadelphia,Miami,andBoston.Hewastheunderworldapostleofpeaceand,by,1939,moresuccessfulthananyPope,hehadachievedaworkingagreementamongstthemostpowerfulunderworldorganizationsinthecountry.LiketheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesthisagreementrespectedfullytheinternalauthorityofeachmemberinhisstateorcity.Theagreementveeredonlyspheresofinfluenceandanagreementtoenforcepeaceintheunderworld.

           AndsowhenWorldWarIIbrokeoutin1939,whentheUnitedStates,joinedtheconflictin1941,theworldofDonVitoCorleonewasatpeace,inorder,fullypreparedtoreapthegoldenharvestonequaltermswithalltheotherindustriesofaboomingAmerica.TheCorleoneFamilyhadahandinsupplyingblack-marketOPAfoodstamps,gasolinestamps,eventravelpriorities.Itcouldhelpgetwarcontractsandthenhelpgetblack-marketmaterialsforthosegarmentcenterclothingfirmswhowerenotgivenenoughrawmaterialbecausetheydidnothavegovernmentcontracts.Hecouldevengetalltheyoungmeninhisorganization,thoseeligibleforArmydraft,excusedfromfightingintheforeignwar.Hedidthiswiththeaidofdoctors.whoadvisedwhatdrugshadtobetakenbeforephysicalexamination,orbyplacingthemenindraft-exemptpositionsinthewarindustries.