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lila Matai, Chicago File #58-194 ( oe business because of his having written this letter of recommendation, nor did anyone hint at any reprisals against him personally or against. te the Morand Brothers business if he failed to do so. ROMANO stated that he. a 4,8 knows JOE FUSCO, head of the Gold Seal Liquor Company, and that he considers = Pe gb JOE FUSCO a very fine fellow. He stated that FUSCO and he are competitors but are friendly, and that they have never had any serious arguments of any . ° a “* nature. ROMANO mentioned that he has the distributorship for National 4 Distillers in Chicage and that on one item, Old Grandad Whiskey, Gold Seal: ot Liquors and Morand Brothers share the distributorship. ROMANO states that his company gets very little night club business except on some small items on which his company has an exclusive distributorshipe Ltn. 7 a ar In summarization, ROMANO said that he felt that CAMPAGNA had been a victim of «7. ‘y circumstances with regard to the crime for which he was recently sent to ~ _ prison and did not believe that CAMPAGNA was the kind of person he had been - *. reported to be in that cases He stated that in view of CAMPAGNA's family and «= his good qualities he felt that he had done right in sending this letter to the Parole Boards or re ee ROMANO stated that no one had offered him any money to write this letter; no ve one had threatened him in this regard; and he had no knowledge of any bribery | in connection with the paroling of the Subjects. With regard to himself,” he = furnished the following information: ROMANO was born in Burlington, Iowa on October 2, 1899. He resides at & 300 South Cuyler Avenue, Oak Park. He attended grammar school in Chicago and — SA, has been employed by Morand Brothers Beverages for twenty-five years. He is’ ey married and has three children. res