Mike Genna?...@Cnote you probably mean Angelo Genna?! As the poster above me already said, the Sicilian union wasnt any type of "predecessor" of the commission. There was already a CN network way before 1931, and that can be proved with letters which were received by CN bosses of the 1900's and 1910's from around the country, and the letters were usually from New York regarding all types of problems and internal situations. Btw, what about D'Andrea, Merlo or Lombardo, and also the whole D'Aquila "boss of bosses" regime? It seems that Lombardo, Yale, Aiello and Esposito were loyal to that same regime and thats why Masseria wanted for Capone to eliminate those fellas. Diamond Joe Esposito was a made guy and probably held some type of high stature within Chicago's early Cosa Nostra organization, and since NY was constantly sending their guys to Chi Town, maybe some of Capone's predecessors already received their buttons...just saying. If Capone was an associate before being made, and was also sending cash back to NY, then who was his overseer (made guy) in Chicago? Merlo? Torrio? Lombardo allegedly told Capone not to send any money to NY because he still wasnt a member at the time. So Capone obviously had someone above him, probably with the stature of a made guy or even a capo....also, when Torrio fled Chicago in 1925/26, he went straight to the Genoveses and was obviously welcomed with open hands.