Talk:The Commission (mafia)
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[edit] Atlantic City Conference
The Commission was probably established during conferences in New York and Kansas City in 1934. The Atlantic City Conference and Meetings 1931 constituted arrangements leading to the formal establishment in 1934. (Source: Nelli: Organized Crime) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.70.171.106 (talk) 13:08, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Title
The title of this article should be made 'The National Crime Commission', to distance it from the EU Commission. Seutonius 17:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- But that would confuse it with the "National Crime Syndicate," which, if it ever existed, was separate from the Commission that ruled the nation's Mafia families. The M in Mafia needs to be capitalized, by the way. --Mantanmoreland 20:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sources?
I think an article on the Commission is a good idea, but I have a problem with the statements made about Lansky and Buchalter being on the Commission. What is the source of that? The article does not cite its sources and has no bibliography. I think that it should not be hard to cobble together sources for most of the article but I'd caution to be careful about adding in fifties-era references to a "national crime syndicate" whose very existence is questionable.--Mantanmoreland 18:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The 'Syndicate'
The National Crime Syndicate never existed. It was a reaction to the realization in 1957, the Appalachine Meeting in upstate New York, the Mafia did exist and that it was not being kept under control by the FBI. The term 'Syndicate' was coined by the New York Times.
Seutonius 06:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Roman origins?
From article: The purpose was the desire to replace the old Sicilian mafia regime, modeled after the Roman Empire. That statement could use a source. (What's with all Italians and thinking that they're descended from the Romans, anyway?) 128.248.162.80 (talk) 02:43, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
