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The
Family
that
controlled
upper
New
York
State
,
that
arranged
smuggling
of
Italian
immigrants
from
Canada
,
all
upstate
gambling
and
exercised
veto
power
on
state
licensing
of
racing
tracks
,
was
headed
by
Ottilio
Cuneo
.
This
was
a
completely
disarming
man
with
the
face
of
a
jolly
round
peasant
baker
,
whose
legitimate
activity
was
one
of
the
big
milk
companies
.
Cuneo
was
one
of
those
men
who
loved
children
and
carried
a
pocket
full
of
sweets
in
the
hopes
of
being
able
to
pleasure
one
of
his
many
grandchildren
or
the
small
offspring
of
his
associates
.
He
wore
a
round
fedora
with
the
brim
turned
down
all
the
way
round
like
a
woman
's
sun
hat
,
which
broadened
his
already
moon-shaped
face
into
the
very
mask
of
joviality
.
He
was
one
of
the
few
Dons
who
had
never
been
arrested
and
whose
true
activities
had
never
even
been
suspected
.
So
much
so
that
he
had
served
on
civic
committees
and
had
been
voted
as
"
Businessman
of
the
Year
for
the
State
of
New
York
"
by
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
.
The
closest
ally
to
the
Tattaglia
Family
was
Don
Emilio
Barzini
.
He
had
some
of
the
gambling
in
Brooklyn
and
some
in
Queens
.
He
had
some
prostitution
.
He
had
strong-arm
.
He
completely
controlled
Staten
Island
.
He
had
some
of
the
sports
betting
in
the
Bronx
and
Westchester
.
He
was
in
narcotics
.
He
had
close
ties
to
Cleveland
and
the
West
Coast
and
he
was
one
of
the
few
men
shrewd
enough
to
be
interested
in
Las
Vegas
and
Reno
,
the
open
cities
of
Nevada
.
He
also
had
interests
in
Miami
Beach
and
Cuba
.
After
the
Corleone
Family
,
his
was
perhaps
the
strongest
in
New
York
and
therefore
in
the
country
.
His
influence
reached
even
to
Sicily
.
His
hand
was
in
every
unlawful
pie
.
He
was
even
rumored
to
have
a
toehold
in
Wall
Street
.
He
had
supported
the
Tattaglia
Family
with
money
and
influence
since
the
start
of
the
war
.
It
was
his
ambition
to
supplant
Don
Corleone
as
the
most
powerful
and
respected
Mafia
leader
in
the
country
and
to
take
over
part
of
the
Corleone
empire
.
He
was
a
man
much
like
Don
Corleone
,
but
more
modern
,
more
sophisticated
,
more
businesslike
.
He
could
never
be
called
an
old
Moustache
Pete
and
he
had
the
confidence
of
the
newer
,
younger
,
brasher
leaders
on
their
way
up
.
He
was
a
man
of
great
personal
force
in
a
cold
way
,
with
none
of
Don
Corleone
's
warmth
and
he
was
perhaps
at
this
moment
the
most
"
respected
"
man
in
the
group
.
The
last
to
arrive
was
Don
Phillip
Tattaglia
,
the
head
of
the
Tattagfia
Family
that
had
directly
challenged
the
Corleone
power
by
supporting
Sollozzo
,
and
had
so
nearly
succeeded
.
And
yet
curiously
enough
he
was
held
in
a
slight
contempt
by
the
others
.
For
one
thing
,
it
was
known
that
he
had
allowed
himself
to
be
dominated
by
Sollozzo
,
had
in
fact
been
led
by
the
nose
by
that
fine
Turkish
hand
.
He
was
held
responsible
for
all
this
commotion
,
this
uproar
that
had
so
affected
the
conduct
of
everyday
business
by
the
New
York
Families
.
Also
he
was
a
sixty-year-old
dandy
and
woman-chaser
.
And
he
had
ample
opportunity
to
indulge
his
weakness
.
For
the
Tattaglia
Family
dealt
in
women
.
Its
main
business
was
prostitution
.
It
also
controlled
most
of
the
nightclubs
in
the
United
States
and
could
place
any
talent
anywhere
in
the
country
.
Phillip
Tattaglia
was
not
above
using
strong-arm
to
get
control
of
promising
singers
and
comics
and
muscling
in
on
record
firms
.
But
prostitution
was
the
main
source
of
the
Family
income
.
His
personality
was
unpleasant
to
these
men
.
He
was
a
whiner
,
always
complaining
of
the
costs
in
his
Family
business
.
Laundry
bills
,
all
those
towels
,
ate
up
the
profits
(
but
he
owned
the
laundry
firm
that
did
the
work
)
.
The
girls
were
lazy
and
unstable
,
running
off
,
committing
suicide
.
The
pimps
were
treacherous
and
dishonest
and
without
a
shred
of
loyalty
.
Good
help
was
hard
to
find
.
Young
lads
of
Sicilian
blood
turned
up
their
noses
at
such
work
,
considered
it
beneath
their
honor
to
traffic
and
abuse
women
;
those
rascals
who
would
slit
a
throat
with
a
song
on
their
lips
and
the
cross
of
an
Easter
palm
in
the
lapel
of
their
jackets
.
So
Phillip
Tattaglia
would
rant
on
to
audiences
unsympathetic
and
contemptuous
.
His
biggest
howl
was
reserved
for
authorities
who
had
it
in
their
power
to
issue
and
cancel
liquor
licenses
for
his
nightclubs
and
cabarets
.
He
swore
he
had
made
more
millionaires
than
Wall
Street
with
the
money
he
had
paid
those
thieving
guardians
of
official
seals
.
In
a
curious
way
his
almost
victorious
war
against
the
Corleone
Family
had
not
won
him
the
respect
it
deserved
.
They
knew
his
strength
had
come
first
from
Sollozzo
and
then
from
the
Barzini
Family
.
Also
the
fact
that
with
the
advantage
of
surprise
he
had
not
won
complete
victory
was
evidence
against
him
.
If
he
had
been
more
efficient
,
all
this
trouble
could
have
been
avoided
.
The
death
of
Don
Corleone
would
have
meant
the
end
of
the
war
.
It
was
proper
,
since
they
had
both
lost
sons
in
their
war
against
each
other
,
that
Don
Corleone
and
Phillip
Tattaglia
should
acknowledge
each
other
's
presence
only
with
a
formal
nod
.
Don
Corleone
was
the
object
of
attention
,
the
other
men
studying
him
to
see
what
mark
of
weakness
had
been
left
on
him
by
his
wounds
and
defeats
.
The
puzzling
factor
was
why
Don
Corleone
had
sued
for
peace
after
the
death
of
his
favorite
son
.
It
was
an
acknowledgment
of
defeat
and
would
almost
surely
lead
to
a
lessening
of
his
power
.
But
they
would
soon
know
.
