As for the Commission: One of Charlie Luciano's most brilliant moves was to name Capone (rather than himself) as "chairman."
But wasn't Vincenzo Mangano the chairman? Don't remember where I first read that though. Or was he named chairman only after Capone went to jail?
The chairmanship of the Commission might have rotated. So it was a shared duty that different bosses might have taken on when the last chairman's term was up.
On Capone:
The only way he doesn't get hit after getting out of Alcatraz healthy is to shelve himself. I just can't imagine him returning to Chicago to reign supreme after doing a gun charge bit.
Was he made?
Not until the Commission was formed and he was named a Boss.
So Capone has the distinction of entering the mafia proper
as a Boss, not as an associate or soldier and working his way up, or as in Luciano's case...as a Capo or Underboss. This is assuming Luciano was Masseria's number two when he finally entered the mafia.
