Thats right and in fact, some Outfit guys stated that their organization allegedly never had monopoly over some of the rackets, possibly except for the vending machine racket, the local unions and the street tax. I also agree regarding the Outfit being "equal opportunity employer" since they worked with everyone. Even other bosses like Angelo Bruno stated something similar regarding Giancana and the Outfit. Even the non-Italians had their own position on the Outfits ruling panels and their leader or representative was usually elected by the Italian boss or underboss, followed by other powerful CN members aand non-Itals. This situation also made some of their elders allegedly worried regarding the inside info of the internal Cosa Nostra stuff, meaning they were worried on whether guys like Gus Alex knew too much about it. Thats why later Alex was placed next to Accardo and Aiuppa, because he was too important for the organization and probably knew too much to be simply pushed out.











So, ill say it again, theres 99% chances that Capone first went through traditional ceremony but as time passed by, the traditional aka Sicilian influence allegedly started to fade away to an extent (like it was mentioned in some of the fbi clips that I already posted) because of the numerous Mainlander leaders and again, as I already said in one of my previous posts, it depends on the time period and also on the boss who ruled the Outfit, meaning whether he was traditional or not.



They still had a board of directors also known as "consiglio". I personally believe that the Outfit returned to its old traditional way, sometime during the early or mid 70s, or after the deaths of the "old school" leaders like Ricca and LaPorte. In fact, I believe that it was Accardo who brought back the traditional way, especially when the books were re-opened in 76/77. Later or during the 80s, we already have info that the Outfit was making people the "old way". As for the 90s, after all the trouble that occurred, we can only speculate on what really went down.

Again, dont forget that when Capone entered Cosa Nostra, he became even more powerful by receiving interests in and out of the country and in fact, by the 1960s the Outfit was present all around the world and none of the other crime families ever achieved that.

Theres also one completely unconfirmed story that Capone allegedly used Orthodox Bible, which was allegedly given to him by his Greek associates (like Mike Bodoglou aka Potson), while inducting new members but as I already said it is either a "myth" or "legend"....for now.