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Chapter 20

           Thesetruckshelpedruinthehighwaysandthenhisroadbuildingfirm,withlucrativestatecontracts,repairedthedamagewrought.Itwasthekindofoperationthatwouldwarmanyman’sheart,businessofitselfcreatingmorebusiness.Stracci,too,wasold-fashionedandneverdealtinprostitution,butbecausehisbusinesswasonthewaterfrontitwasimpossibleforhimnottobeinvolvedinthedrug-smugglingtraffic.OfthefiveNewYorkFamiliesopposingtheCorleoneshiswastheleastpowerfulbutthemostwelldisposed.

           TheFamilythatcontrolledupperNewYorkState,thatarrangedsmugglingofItalianimmigrantsfromCanada,allupstategamblingandexercisedvetopoweronstatelicensingofracingtracks,washeadedbyOttilioCuneo.Thiswasacompletelydisarmingmanwiththefaceofajollyroundpeasantbaker,whoselegitimateactivitywasoneofthebigmilkcompanies.Cuneowasoneofthosemenwholovedchildrenandcarriedapocketfullofsweetsinthehopesofbeingabletopleasureoneofhismanygrandchildrenorthesmalloffspringofhisassociates.Heworearoundfedorawiththebrimturneddownallthewayroundlikeawoman’ssunhat,whichbroadenedhisalreadymoon-shapedfaceintotheverymaskofjoviality.HewasoneofthefewDonswhohadneverbeenarrestedandwhosetrueactivitieshadneverevenbeensuspected.Somuchsothathehadservedonciviccommitteesandhadbeenvotedas"BusinessmanoftheYearfortheStateofNewYork"bytheChamberofCommerce.

           TheclosestallytotheTattagliaFamilywasDonEmilioBarzini.

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