Carlo Gambino and Tommy Lucchese made Joe Colombo the boss of the family. He alerted them to Joe Bonnano and Joe Malyak's takeover plot. This was his reward . They held tremendous sway over Joe Colombo. When Joe Colombo went on the Dick Cavett Show, it was curtains for his ass. Mob boss on national tv? What did he expect. Supposedly, Gambino told him to give the Ital. Civil Rights president job over to someone else. He was drawing too much attention to himself, and by association, to Carlo and Three Fingers Brown. Pop! Next boss please.