joe i ‘AL 62-1152 oG oO N ; ; at the meeting were interested in, Le informant said that he was not personally acquainted with JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO of Dallas, Texas, who attended the meeting, but was acquainted with T-67 frou Dellas who he thought would be acquainted with CIVELLO and would certainly be ina position to know individuals in Dallas who would know CIVELLO and who could, in his opin rion, obtain from CIVELLO the reason he attended the Apalachin meeting. . Confidential Informant T-36 advised on May 9, 1958, that. he had had one contact with ANTHONY F.. GUARNIERI since last interviewed. He said he asked. GUARNTL AT what was going on at the meeting and GUARNIERI told him that the “money. men" were "figuring things out." The informant said thet GUARNIERI had given hin’ similar information in the past. He said that GUARNIERI then explained that from the conference of the "money men". some one or two of the group are told that they are going to be set up in sorie business someplace where it is thotight that ‘the business involved’ would be a gocd business. he informant asserted that GUARNIERI said it might be a legitimate business or a horse room, lottery or other specialty like that. The informant said he asked GUARNIERT if anything was decided on the day of the meeting and GUARNIERT told him that he dia not know but thought it broke up too fast for any decision to be made. Confidential Informant T-28 ‘advised SA PATRICK A, -MUNIEY and SA JAMES C. MEE on May 1, 1958, that SALVATORE ALECCIA, friend of ANTHONY F, UARNIERT, who attended. instant meeting, told hin on the night of April 29, 1958 that. the. meeting was for the purpose of introducing the ‘younger men to the older ten in the sroup, and for dividing. and assigning territory. .The informant said that he. could not get any other information. 12. Illegal Alcohol ‘It is noted that. ‘a major portion of the nood Lums in attendance at captioned meeting heve: prohibition violations and bootlegging experience in their boeckgrounds, It appears logical that they. are curren itly involved in some instances in. ‘allicit alcohol operations. Confidential: Informant T 63, previously mentioned, for example’ has advised .that: SAM ROSENCRANZ, FRANK CUCCHIARA'S "front? man, told hin on January 10, 1953, that he. nad on illicit still apparently operating in Rhode Island and. without specifically stating, indicated that FRANK CUCCHIARA was the financial backer in this.still. ‘ ° _ By letter dated February 6, 1958, the Buffalo Office advised that JOHN FOY, NA, New York State Safety Coumission, who. conducted an investigation peeeins to the. Apalachin meeting for Governor -AVERELL HARRIMAN. of New York, 1a. SAC WESLEY G..’GRAPP that his investigation indicated a-principal reason for the meeting was arratigements for obtaining sugar ‘to manufacture illegal alcohol :without.it being traced. FOY was: reinterviewed by Buffalo and on MW 45836 Docld: 323326951 Page 21 ? ‘
oO - off AL 62-1152 inforviant Said, he. heard NICK ALAIMO (DOMINICK ALAIMO who attended instant meeting) and SAMMY DI BELLA, associates: of RUSSELL BUFALINO (who attended instant meeting) discussing the purpose of the meeting and they in their conversations said that this wes the purpose of the meeting, . The informant related that. the only one who .told: lim directly the purpose of the meeting was LEONARD BLANDINA but added that on three other occasions he overheard conversations indicating this was the purpose of the . meeting. He said BLANDINA did’ not institute or commence these conversations but they were conversations by ALAIMO and DI BELA. ; The informent said the. instant meeting was to include jobbers, uenufacturers, truckers and others who would have only a financial interest and the meeting was for the purpose of deciding what proportion or what interest. or what phase of the operation each would have when they took control of the industry. The informant ‘said they intended eventually to put pressure on buyers to force them to buy. garments from their group. , The informant stated that SCIANDRA and his associates in the Pittston area intended to completely dominate the area from Binghamton, New York, to - Buffalo, New York, as they had assurance that they would have garnent trucking rates. from that area to New York City guaranteed to them. It was their intention to use the plant of SCIANDRA for cutting and distribution and any earnvent. ‘manufacturer in Northern. New ‘York. would be forced to cperaté through SCIANDRA'S plan, according to informant. 15. Control of Vending Machine Business. TT AN ttt en evento As previously set. out in the report of SA ARTHUR V. HART dated March 5, 1958, at Albany, page 21, Confidential Informant T~22. advised that THOMAS ALOYSIUS MARINO, Wwas., a New York top hoodlun, sdid that the. Apalachin. nceting was for the purpose of organizing the vending machine business . - throughout the United States. The informant said he got. the impression from MARINO that this would include ‘slot machines as well as juke. boxes and cigarette machines. MARINO. mentioned. that he and JOHNNY ROBILCTTO controlled this organizational drive in-Brooklyn, New York. I, MEETING BROKEN UP BEFORE COMPLETTON oF AGENDA a ree y AS previously set forth in Albany airtel to Bureau May 12, 1958, the New York State Police survéillance of instant meeting was set up on the early afternoon of November 14, 1957, and was detected by persons at BARBARA'S residence shortly thereafter. - As has previously been reported in several ; instances, persons fled through the woods to escape the roundup and were located by the police. It is indicated that the meeting was rather rudely and abruptly terminated when: the police activity was detected and it: would thus appear that the meeting had not gone ‘to its contemplated conclusion.: ce - 137 = - | —_ a \ ae as — It | MW 45636 Docld: 32332691 Page 22
oO AL 62-1152 T-3 on ee ee Division. T-4 New York Confidential Informant NY 169-¢. ° a " TG Albany PCI 2 ¥ Salesman for Canada Dry Bott ing Company of Endicott, Inc,, over 10 year period, “ fpp. ° _ 7-8 ATbany Slee ce Detective,. Bingham von, New York, ! T-16 Buffalo Confidential Informant. BU abe C, Te19 Detroit Cont ident lal Informant. DE 370+ C, an individual on the secondary léadership Level of the LIC AVOLI-~ BOMMARITO-RUBINO Gr oup. in Detroit, ‘according to Detroit letter to the Director dated, May is, 1958, T-22 New York Confidential Informant. NY 2151-C, . a Kae De ee Oe el pete gmt uke pets Geyer oe erm ne ee T-25 Pitts burgh Confidential Informant PG 514-C, : 7-28 Albany poI[———S—~™d _ppatachin, New Yorke, | , operator of Tony's" inn; Route lt... | T-29 EDWARD VITKUS , Intelligence Unit, U.S. Treas ury Department, od Binghamton , New You ‘ke 7 TO - | T-30 SAMUEL Az KLUGER, Cashier » First National Bank of Wyoming, B Wyoming, Pennsylvania, SO , co . T-+31 Miami Informant ym 67 PG, as related in Miami airtel to Albany dated April 17.1958... T-32 Pittsburgh attorney, who.is very close o Mayor LAWRENCE of Pittsburgh and whom rumor links to ; racket figures, He is assistant solicitor of the City of Pittsburgh and acts in a liaison capacity between Mayor. LAWRENCE and the Governor, through contact with Senator JOSEPH BARR, head of the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania, Jorfice is 400 Bakewell Building, ‘Pittsburgh, pa, MW 45836 Docld: 323326951 Page 25
AL 62-1152: T+33 Philadelphia Confidential Informant PH 251-C, as set out . in Philadelphia airtel dated May’ 13, 1958, T-34 Albany rn Oo, enployee on the estate of Top Hoodlum JOSEPH BARBARA, SR. Employed Since March, 1955. é i ! T+35 JOHN PERHACH, Investigator,. District Attorney's Office, Broome County, Binghamton, New York, who furnished a list’. of all local telephone. calls from the home of- JOSEPH BARBARA, SR.s, for a period. ‘of a year. T+36 mabary Poi ]inshanton, New York, ~ - T#37 FRED LUSSEN, Inspector,’ ‘Manhattan West Detectives, New York City Police Department. Ve _ T-38 New York por[ Ja restaent of the Forrest Hotel, ° New York City, 45 quoted In New York: airtel to the Director dated March 13, 1958, | \ T=39 fn Division, as set out on Page 3s Burfalo letter to Albany dated April 11, 1958, ; i T-40 Deputy Inspector GREEN, 1 Manhattan West Detective Division, New York City Police Department. i T-41 Detective JOHN Je. O'FLAHERTY, New York City Police Department. , | T+#2 Kansas city eer[l—~«d T-43 Lieutenant JOHN THOMPSON, Central Intelligence Squad, 7 New York City Police Department, who informed SA STEPHEN L. HALPIN, January 29, 1958, as. set out in New York let ter toa Albany dated April. 2, 1958, ‘T+4, ROBERT MC GUINESS, New York State Joint Legislative - t | MW 45836 Docld:32332691 Page 24 5 JFK Act 6 (4) i Committee on. Government: Operations (Watchdog Committee), 217 Broadway, New York City; who.furnished information to SA WILLIAM DAVID KANE, March 10, 1958, as in New York airtel to Albany dated May ih, 1958, . ‘4 t f { { \ \ } | \ -168- | | | }
a et NR es cee > -- ‘ . cre Q O OO AL 62-1152 TH45. Lieutenant JOSEPH SUAREZ , 25th Precinct, Detective Squad, New York City Police Department, who furnished information to SA HUGH G. FORD, February 15, 1958, T=17. Albany Confidential Informant AL 2037-C. ; | T-52 MARTIN HOLLERAN, Coal Dealer, Binghamton, New York, who has furnished reliable information in the past. T-53 Unidentified source in Potter Bank and Trust Company, _ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as set out in Pittsburgh ~- 7 airtel to Albany dated. April 16, 1958, SS, 7-5 PBI representative (Legat, Havana )e pes Act © (4) -55 Miami Confidential; Informant: MIM 416- “0; ‘as set out in report of SA STEPHEN J, LABADIE dated February 20, 1958, Miami, entitled "SANTO - TRAFFICANTE, JRes ARe T-56 JULIO ‘HERNANDEZ, Sales Menager, Hotel National, Havana, Cuba, as quoted in report of SA LABADIE above, T-57 pet[_ Racine, Director, Oriental ‘Park - Race Track, Havana, Cuba, as in the: above report of SA ‘LABADIE, a | a 7-58 Former SA GEORGE MC SWAIN, . as in Bureau letter to Legat, a Havanas dated March 5,° 1958, captioned "AMERICAN | GAMBLING: ACTIVITIES IN CUBA," T-59 “ Dallas —————n in Dallas airtel February 26, 1955. a . HW 45836 Doecld: 32332691 Page 25