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...attention to men who decidedly opposed public scrutiny?the bosses of the other New York families. A great deal of the scrutiny came from law-enforcement agencies. Mafia bosses, who had built careful layers of insulation around themselves?never dealing directly with button men, trusting only a few close lieutenants???found their protective covering being stripped away. Grand jury subpoenas were issued to men convinced they were safe from such summonses. The high-rolling lifestyle they enjoyed was sharply straitened by Internal Revenue Service agents, who carefully checked any discrepancies between reported income and visible spending. Most of the scrutiny...
...health no longer what it was once. It is even possible that considerations of health may keep him out of the Presidential race next year. If influenza should keep him from the opening of Congress, he will be there, represented in spirit by his two lieutenants???Senator Norris of Nebraska and Representative John M. Nelson of Wisconsin...
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