Joe Colombo & Carlo Gambino

[Pmac2]

Head scratcher is why would gambino kill his biggest allie/ally? On the commission. Did funzi tieri talk him in to it. Did he prefer to have dibella. Rusty and tony ducks both become new bosses in 1973ish why did gambino take out or ok his puppet boss in the other family. Think sam decav. Called Colombo Gambinos puppet 10yrs earlier. Or did joe just grow out of control so carlo had to put him down

[Wiseguy]

Or did joe just grow out of control so carlo had to put him down

Historical or not, that's been the conventional thinking, i.e Colombo had a lot of support wirh his league the first year, including from other bosses like Gambino. The first rally a lot of businesses, union things like the ports, etc. were supposedly shut down so people could attend. However, all of Colombo's antics had the opposite effect than it was designed to have and the FBI only increased the pressure. The support dried up quickly and, by the second rally, there were significantly less people. Supposedly Gambino and the other bosses told the same businesses, unions, etc. to stay open this time around so people wouldn't attend.