He became a made member of CN sometime around 1928 for Masseria, with the "power" to make his own ten made guys. By 1931 he was officially recognized as boss by Maranzano for Chicago's CN family.
When Maranzano came to the United States Capone called on him and told him that he respected him for who he was as head of the Mafia but that his control would not be recognized here and that he had to stay out of the affairs here