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           Hewas,ineffect,agreeingalmostentirelytoSollozzo’soriginalproposalifthatproposalwasendorsedbythenationalgroupgatheredhere.Itwasunderstoodthathewouldneverparticipateintheoperationalphase,norwouldheinvesthismoney.Hewouldmerelyusehisprotectiveinfluencewiththelegalapparatus.Butthiswasaformidableconcession.

           TheDonofLosAngeles,FrankFalcone,spoketoanswer."There’snowayofstoppingourpeoplefromgoingintothatbusiness..Theygoinontheirownandtheygetistrouble.There’stoomuchmoneyinittoresist.Soit’smoredangerousifwedon’tgoin.Atleastifwecontrolitwecancoveritbetter,organizeitbetter,makesureitcauseslesstrouble.Beinginitisnotsobad,therehastobecontrol,therehastobeprotection,therehastobeorganization,wecan’thaveeverybodyrunningarounddoingjustwhattheypleaselikeabunchofanarchists."

           TheDonofDetroit,morefriendlytoCorleonethananyoftheothers,alsonowspokeagainsthisfriend’sposition,intheinterestofreasonableness."Idon’tbelieveindrugs,"hesaid."ForyearsIpaidmypeopleextrasotheywouldn’tdothatkindofbusiness.Butitdidn’tmatter,itdidn’thelp.Somebodycomestothemandsays,‘Ihavepowders,ifyouputupthethree-,four-thousand-dollarinvestmentwecanmakefiftythousanddistributing.’Whocanresistsuchaprofit?AndtheyaresobusywiththeirlittlesidebusinesstheyneglecttheworkIpaythemtodo.There’smoremoneyindrugs.