PG 92-226 also furnishing information regarding tieups with the GENOVESE organization in Pittsburgh. WILLIAM A. DOBKIN, a confidential source of the Pittsburgh Office who was extremely helpful to Pittsburgh Agents _during the investigation of the RALPH KINER extortion investi- gation several years ago and whose. brother-in-law, NORMAN FARBER, is a member of the MANNARINO organization. In an effort to increase criminal informant coverage, the PCIs under development are being contacted on a continuing and regular basis so that information obtained from them may be used on a day-to-day basis in connection with spot surveillances of the establishments frequented by the subject when he is in the Pittsburgh vicinity. It is anticipated that THOMAS MARTIN, Vice-President of the Real Estate Department of the Fidelity Trust Company, Potter Branch, in Pittsburgh, will keep the Pittsburgh Office advised of any new developments concerning the commenced construction of a motel financed by MIKE GENOVESE and ARTHUR D. NELSON in the Monroeville, Pa., vicinity which would . undoubtedly have to have the approval and overall financial backing of SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, LEADS JACKSONVILLE, MIAMI AND PHILADELPHIA - INFORMATION One copy of this report is being furnished to the Jacksonville and Miami Offices for informational purposes because of allegations made by the wife of LA ROCCA and Pittsburgh informants concerning subject's travel to Florida and Cuba during his disappearance from Pittsburgh following the Apalachin, New York, conference during November, 1957. With the background thus supplied, it is felt that these offices ean intelligently handle the coverage of future leads requested in that vicinity. The Philadelphia Office is being furnished with a copy of this report for information in view of the attendance of the adopted son of the subject at Valley Forge Academy, Wayne, Pa., and the occasional visits made by the subject to that vicinity during the school year. -~-B- ) ‘ COVER PAGE HW 56792 Doclda: 32332873 Page 5
PG 92-226 JOSEPH BARBARA The "Pittsburgh Press" of June 18, 1959, carried a front- page article concerning the death of JOSEPH BARBARA of a heart attack on June 17, 1959. It stated that BARBARA, . the "sick friend" that sixty gangsters dropped in to see at his Apalachin, New York, home on November 14, 1957, died of a heart ailment without revealing the secret purpose of the underworld convention. It noted that BARBARA, ‘age 53, had been in Wilson Memorial Hospital at Johnson City, a New York, since May 29, 1959, with a- heart attack. The article further stated that the Sicilian-born BARBARA gave up both his business and nis home after State Police rounded up his‘ guests and that the home was sold for $130,000 during May, 1959, to a developer who announced plans. to convert it into a tourist attraction. The article noted that his lingering illness had prevented his questioning by state and Federal investigators who have indicted and jailed a number of the nation's biggest "name" criminals for allegedly lying or refusing to talk about his hilltop barbecue party. C. -CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES General Information of a Criminal Nature Obtained Through Informant Coverage PG T-2, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that "young JOHNNY" LA ROCCA, younger brother of JOHN LA ROCCA, came in from Johnstown, Pa., during the last week of May, 1959, and remained for at least five or six days. He stated that from his comments to him at the apartment in which he is living on one of the nights LA ROCCA was in Pittsburgh, he understood that one purpose of his extended stay was to confer with the elder LA ROCCA. He advised that the appearance of both LA ROCCA and GABRIEL "KELLY". MANNARINO before the Senate Labor Rackets Committee on June 11, 1959, caused quiet comment among his clientele in the rackets, most of which concerned the status of the citizenship of LA ROCCA and the possibility of his deportation. _ ue -" HW 56792 Docld: 32332873 Page 6
be] NY PG 92-226 GENOVESE at his lounge prior to Apalachin but that at that time he thought that SCIANDRA was from the New York City area. The informant advised that he had occasion to speak to . ARTHUR "ARCHIE" NELSON during the second week in June, 1959, and that NELSON said that he would have a cocktail lounge in his new Phoenix Motel at Monroeville, Pa. He said that unless he misunderstood NELSON, the partner of MIKE GENOVESE told him that a small restaurant was also ~ in the planning stage. The informant said he carried on this conversation with NELSON at Conti's Restaurant in Pittsburgh's East Liberty section where he had arrived alone for an early. breakfast at about 2:30 a.m. on a weekday . morning. He said that NELSON also told him that he had been in Florida but did not mention the location or purpose of his visit. a, PG T-3, who has furnished reliable informationin the past, advised that East Liberty and Homewood bookmakers plying their trade in those sections of Pittsburgh are now under constant surveillance by the younger members of the Pittsburgh Police Department who have learned that they can collect $10 each for staying away from the bookies. for one week. He stated that one of the bookie establishments on Homewood Avenue in Pittsburgh is now under the control of EDDIE MORANTI, close.confidante of MIKE GENOVESE and ARTHUR "ARCHIE" NELSON. He said that MORANTI once worked at Archie's Automatic Car Wash on Bennett Street and that he is now one of NELSON's pickup men in the East Liberty-Homewood area. He said that everyone knows that NELSONis simply the front for GENOVESE and that the entire operation is being backed by LA ROCCA.. a The afore-mentioned informant advised that he was advised that eight policemen demanded money at one time during the last week of May, 1959, and that the pressure in the Homewood area has become so increased that a small operation in which... he is interested has been lucky to net between $100 and $150 * a day. He said that it has always been his contention that the GENOVESE-NELSON bookmaking operation will never be disturbed by the Pittsburgh Police Department because it has ~8.- HW 56792 Docld: 32332873 Page 7
HW 56792 "PG 92-226 Liaison Maintained with ‘Pittsburgh offices. of. the United States Attorney and United States Marshal aa HUBERT I. TELTELBAUM , United States “Attorney. for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh, advised SA VOEGE on June 11, 1959, that he still has no plans for publicly releasing the testimony or lack thereof of those individuals appearing before the Federal Grand Jury atL sion en that he has still not made up his mind | as to whether to call [ibe fore the next meeting of that group. TEITELBAUN advised that in event the testimony . is needed in the future he will immediate y notify the Pittsburgh FBI Office. He said that he has no immediate future plans for the.-recall of before the Federal Grand Jury meeting at Pittsburgh. - ALBERT DIMEOLO, United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh, advised SA VOEGE on June 17, 1959, that he has received no other subpoenaes for SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA or for any of his racket associates. He stated that he will immediately advise the Pittsburgh Office should subpoenaes arrive for any racket individuals within his jurisdiction. surveillances Conducted Related to this Investigation Spot surveillances were conducted on May 11, 21 and 27, 1959, and June 5, 15 and 18, 1959, at 900 West Ingomar Road, Ingomar, Pa., 12 McCandless Street, Pittsburgh, and at 500 North Craig Street, Pittsburgh, in relation to this matter. LA ROCCA was observed on several of these occasions but nothing of interest to this investigation, other than what has already been set forth, was observed during these spot surveillances. LA ROCCA was not contacted personally in any manner during these surveillances. Recent Newspaper Publicity Relating to the Appearance of. LA ROCCA and GABRIEL "KELLY" MANNARINO Before Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field of the United States on June 11, 1959 EVIEWED BY SU IEK TASK FORCE REVIEWED ay IF TASK FORCE ) ying’ - 13 - oN tofro fsa dled —____ MELEASE IN FULL . C] RELEASE IN FULL RELEASE | IN N PART Go RELEASE iN PART Oa ee (TOTAL DENIAL G4 8 1G ty ‘7a ae ~ Doclda: 32332873 Page 6
PG 92-226 INFORMANTS — PG T-1 is WILLIAM MEREDITH, Special agent, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, who was contacted by SA HAROLD L. STEVENS on May 15, 1959, and who has requested that his identity be concealed, PG T-2 is PG 585-C,. who was contacted by SA ROBERT A. VOEGE a On June 17, 1959.. ; PG T-3 is GEORGE "MOON" MESSER a PCI of the Pittsburgh _ . Office who was contacted by SA VOEGE on June 17, 1959. - 22 - HW 56792 Docld: 32332873 Page 9 a at ’ ‘ a ne Se. 7 . aoe fn ee a ee