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...Cheers for your exposure of the evil operations of the Cosa Nostra [Aug. 22], particularly drug traffic. As a former narcotics court news reporter in Chicago, I can tell you that educated estimates attribute 50% to 80% of all crime to narcotics. It is a cruel form of slavery, and those addicted to heroin can seldom afford it without resorting to crime...
Since crime on the streets is a smoldering political issue, the Cosa Nostra and its narcotics traffic should be included as a root cause...
...neglected to mention that any Congressman who would vote against legalization of gambling and narcotics is a friend, a good friend, an absolutely necessary friend of La Cosa Nostra...
...TIME is probably right as to the survival of La Cosa Nostra "until there is a popular revolt." Precisely why public indignation is a prerequisite to the enforcement of law remains an enigma. I had supposed the protection of the public through legal processes was the fundamental excuse for a government's existence. But if the weapon of public indignation is required to "knock off" the new breed of gentle hoods, let us indignate...
...parents in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, home of so many American Mafiosi. The third, which he apparently does not tell young Hill about, is to return to power, and, like Napoleon at Elba, he still dreams of the day when he can march home and reclaim his Cosa Nostra family...