Originator: FBI
From: LABADIE, STEPHEN J.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/24/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10201-10274

HQ

92-2781-553

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LABADIE, STEPHEN J.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 05/24/1962

'PAGES:

22

SUBJECTS :

LST, GAMBLING, ACT, ASSOC, B/F INT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/16/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS

COMMENTS :

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Date:

6/11/201

Assassination Frecord Collection ect of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#: Nw

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TP 92-1

Will note that from investigation thus far conducted

by the Miami Office relative to Cafe D'Artist, 732 Biscayne

Boulevard, Miami,

that operators of such establishment

vere possibly former contacts of the subject in Havana.

They undoubtedly have contact with JUDITH SALVAT and Information

furnished by NY 3368-C-TE on 4/2/62 to SA WARREN J. DONOVAN

concerning subject owning Club Artist may possibly be true.

Miami will, therefore, consider timely interview

of officers of such Cafe D'Artist in an effort to trace any

of subject's funds.

The Miami Office will conduct appropriate investigation

relative to information furnished by NY 3368-C-TE on 4/2/62

that subject source believed TRAFFICANTE operates Local 136

and uses one (FNU) GONZALES, a high class individual, to

operate this local, noting Miami, in weekly airtel summary

dated 5/18/62, ascertained it is identical with Local 133 -

Walters, Waitresses and Bartenders Union, AF of L, 821

N.2. 2nd Avenue, Miami, and that Mr. GONZALES was President.:

AT MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA

Will report appropriate investigation of 9570

Harding Avenue, Surfside, noting that CS TP 51-C on 5/17/62

indicated that Miss GEORGETTE of such address apparently

furnished a receipt 3/16/62 of $30 from Mrs. J. BRUNO;

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further noting that the alias has been used by the subject

JAMES BRUNO when previously known to have been residing in

Miamt, Beach.

NEW YORK DIVISION

AT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

Will note that LOUIS P. BRADY is no longer residing

in Tampa, Florida.

Will consider timely interview of WILLIE

PEP through his place of business, the MeLody Lanes endeavoring

to ascertain all facts known to him relative to subjeet, his

activities and associates at Tampa, Miami and New York.

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TP 92-1

TAMPA DIVISION

AT TAMPA, FLORIDA

Will maintain contact with informants and

confidential sources to report activities of the subject.

Will continue to explore employment of highly

confidential Bureau techniques on subject's close

associates.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Bureau letter to Tampa dated 4/26/62 pointed out

that even though the subject maintained an apartment and

spends a great deal of time at Miami, Florida, office of

origin should not be changed in this investigation at this

time. The Bureau noted it was felt that the subject continues

to exercise substantial control of hoodlum activites in the

Tampa area and is his original base of operation. The

Bureau noted Tampa should continue its efforts to penetrate

the TRAFFICANTE operations and that every effort should be

made to establish highly confidential sources rèlative to

subject's operations so as to be in a position to accurately

report all his present operations and Interests.

The Bureau accepted reports should be submitted

at intervals no longer than 30 days and that Miami and Tampa

should submit weekly airtel summaries rather than daily

teletypes and rather than 15-day reports. The Bureau further

noted that these instructions should in no way be construed:

as a lessening of investigative endeavors.

On 4/16/62, MIKE LISMAN, Corporal, New York State

Troopers, Liberty, New York, confidentially advised SA

JORN A. AKERN that JERRY GREITZER, presently incarcerated at

Jenny charg

Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, had information on

SANTO TRAFFICANTE and had given a statement to the New York

State Police

concerning him. LISMAN requested the New York

State Police not be identified as the original source of this

information as it would point to him, and under his regulations,

he is required to forward his information up the chain of

command, and the decision of whether or not to disseminate

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TP 92-1

The New York Office advised JERRY GREITZER was a

former symbol informant of the New York Office, NY 3081-C.

He was discontinued 1/10/61 when incarcerated at the

police barracks, Ellenville, New York.

An FD-302

reflecting GREITZER's interview is maintained in his

New York Office 137 file. There is no indication in

his 137 file that he has furnished anything but reliable

information. New York further noted that GREITZER

stated that he hoped the information furnished would be

forwarded to the Attorney General of the United States so

that someone could get him out of jail early and he could

go to work in Tampa for TRAFFICANTE and at the same time

furnish information to the FBI. He was advised that

this was not possible.

New York further noted that it was felt that

FREITZER was capable of taking facts which are essentially

true and relating them by fabrication to captioned

investigation, realizing the importance of information

concerning TRAFFICANTE and believing such information might

result in his early release..

JOHN JOSEPH VITAL, a racket figure from st. Louis;

missourt, subject of st. Louis

file 92-158, accompanied by

SAM ROTH of St. Louts, arrived Tampa International Airport

AM, 5/8/62 to, according to St. Louls source, look into the

tomato business in conjunction with produce business VITALE

had in St. Louis.

Fisur of JOHN JOSEPH VITALE and ROTH was conducted

by Tampa agents and VITALE was not observed during fisur

to be in contact with SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR. They were

observed, however, to have been in contact with FRANK and

ANTONIO DIECIDUE, FRANK DIECIDUE, subject of Tampa file

92-22, Bufile 92-4636, who are associates of SANTO TRAFFICANTE.

Fisur established VITALE didvisit tomato outlets

in the greater Tampa area and contact with TP 75-C* failed

to establish VITALE mentioning subject of this case.

J. C. VALENTI, owner of J. C. Valenti and Company,

Farmer's Market, Tampa,

Florida,

advised SAS FREDERICK A.

SLIGHT and STEPHEN J. LABADIE on 5/18/62 that he had been

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TP. 92-1

contacted in the recent past by a JOHN and a SAM from St. Louls,

Missouri relative to purchasing tomatoes for subsequent

distribution at St. Louis. He had met them on one occasion

only and was introduced to them by ANTONIO DIECIDUE, who is

also in the tomato market.

VALENTI stated he had p eviously

been contacted, a short period of time prior to the above,

by two other individuals from St. Louis, one of whom he

recalled was named LOPICCOLO and another unknown white male

(ANTHONY GIORDANO), whom he stated were interested in the

banana business in

Tampa for subsequent distribution in

st. Louis.

He said these individuals were met by him on

one occasion only, not having ever know them before and

that they were introduced to him by ANTONIO DIECIDUE.

The above is reported in view of the fact that

subject is reported missing from Miami and his car was

located on 5/11/62 at Miami International Airport and the

possibility had existed he may have been in contact with

such:individuals while they were in Tampa

INFORMANTS:

TP 1-1 18 ROBERT & JONES, PCK.

TP. T-2 1s Legat, Mexico in letter to Director dated

4/27/62.

TP T-3 1S DOMINICK LA ROCA, PCI.

TP T-4 1S JERRY GREITZER, aka., "Tiger" Hymowitz,

who is presently serving a sentence fron 22 to 5 years,

Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, which sentence received

In County Court, Nassau County, 2/16/62 after pleading guilty

to attempted forgery.

TP T-5 is NY 2151-C.

TP T-6 1s NY 2772-C.

TP T-7 is NY 3368-C-TE:

TP T-8 is CS TP 51-C.

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TP: 92-1

TP T-9 1s MARIO CAPAZ, PeL•

TP T-10 is CS NY-1.

TP T-11 15 JOSEPH B. HILL, Agent in Charge,

Intelligence Unit, Internal Revenue Service,

Tampa.

REVIEWED BY F/JFK TASK FORCE

ON 7122/98006

O RELEASE IN FULL

A RELEASE IN PART

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TP: 92-1

A review of New York Office indices reflects no

references identifiable with PETER LAPORE, ANTHONY LAPORE, EDWARD

SCOPPA Or ALFONSO BATTAGLINO.

On March 29, 1962, records of the Credit Bureau of

Greater New York as furnished by PAULINE DE FIORE to

IC JOEN F. GOOD, reflected no record on file for PETER

LAPORS of the Ferrara Confectionary Company.

On April 13, 1962, records of the Bureau of Criminal

Identification, New York City Police Department, as caused to:

be checked by SA DAVID G. JENKINS, reflected no information ident-

1flable with PETER LAPORE.

RE: Internal Revenue Service Matters On Subjeet

On May 15, 1962, TP T-11 advised SAS FRANCIS

O BRIEN and. STEPHEN J. LABADIE that

JFK Law 11(a)

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNI

SED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Tampa, Florida

MAY 2 4 1962

TITLE:

SANTO TRAFFICANTE

CHARACTER:

ANTI-RACKETEERING

REFERENCE:

Report of SA STEPHEN J.

LABADlE dated and captioned

as above.

TP T-1 is an individual in a position to know

of activities of D. A. LA MAR.

TP T-2 is a source which furnishes reliable

information but is not in a position to testify.

TP T-3 is an individual in a position to know

of activities at the Columbia Restaurant.

It 1-4 is an individual with a criminal record

who comes in contact with hoodlums and racketeers in

New York City, Miami and Tampa, Florida areas.

TP T-5 is a native of Brooklyn, New York, who

possesses a criminal record and is personally acquainted

With many hoodlums in the Brooklyn, New York area. He

has been associated with gambling ventures and gambling

figures in the past.

TP T-6 is an individual with an extensive

criminal record who is familiar with the hoodlum element

in the Brooklyn and New York City area.

TP "4Y 1s a native of New York City who was

born on the lower fast side and raised in the Bath Beach

section, Brooklyn, New fork. He possesses an extensive

criminal record and has been associated with members of

the JOSEPH PROFACI group for many years.

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