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. Cee Tree ee 1 a Atlenta 58-62 { - Sas on y , Warden SANFORD advised that he had no information what- soever regarding the granting of paroles to the subjects, ‘and the prison authorities merely state the facts in their reports without making any _ recommendations as to whether a prisoner should or should not be paroled, He recalled that CAL'PAGNA, D'ANDREA, and DE LUCIA were very talkative Lo and were continually bragging about their exploits to the other prisoners, (°° » ' He recalled GIOE as a tough, quiet, ruthless individual, but ROSELLI never “7: 7-* ~ . a4 had vary much to save Through one of his informants among the inmates ~ res, nad very much to saye ne s2Po among : he learned that CAMPAGNA, DE “LUCIA, and D'ANDREA had stated they had = «rr O* $10,000 to arrange their transfer to Leavenworth and were bragging about - . - their ability to effect the transfer. Mr. SANFORD stated he did not make any notes concerming the above information, and therefore did not recall the name of the inmate who had given him this information nor whether the subjects had made these‘ + statements in the informant's presence or someone else had told him about ..: re: ite According to kr, SANFORD, there was no indication that this money © ‘*-*" - would be paid to government officials but rather to attorneys. He ere explained that frequently an inmate will pay a large sum of money to some’ '- . attorney to arrange a transfer or effect another favor of some sort, The attorney will then get in touch with a United States Congressman who calls the Bureau of Prisons requesting the particular favor and pushes the ee request to such an extent that the favor is frequently granted. The Gs attorney will then report back to the inmate that he had a hard fight in ce tee his behalf but finally succeeded, when in reality the favor was effected Py. the Congressman. uh meen she Mr. SANFORD further recalled, by referring to the file of CAMPAGNA, that he had written a letter dated July 21, 1945, mentioned <. . er in referenced letters In response to a teletype from Mr. LOVELAND, ee Assistant Director of the Bureau of Prisons, dated July 18, 1945, this af. teletype stated “No doubt Mir. BENNETT has discussed with you the as advisability of transferring DE LUCIA and CAMPAGNA to Leavenworthe tt Warden HUNTER states NICK,CIRCELLA says no ill feeling exists between him ns and these men, Also a request has been made for the transfer of PHILIP : D'ANDREA to Leavenworth to be near home. Please advise is transfer recommended", . en ian ie a eh ee ie t | f Mr. SANFORD informed that he had written the Bureau of | — Prisons that he did not think it, advisable to transfer these men at that | . - time because of the rumors floating about that they were spending money to. . 7 wy effect a transfer, He further recommended that if these pr§soners were" ae x ; &» i _ transferred they should be transported by bus and not on thp train | i ee because of their dangerous propensities. However, the Bureau authorized © act Bag that D'ANDREA, DE LUCIA, CAMPAGNA and GIOE be transferred, and this was ~.-»- wag hE SB rove 13) ~3— . . t - ». fig he ee - - -— - oe : aeons =F, ORES ror : oo ao ons 4Tret gies bes Ge aye Nee ie TE I Op BT aren . a gears’ Fo al ai Oe : . 7 ;