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2 6 7 8 . . course, which included the expansion of its own brand of control and the, bénsolidation of its system of "stilett Mie ce." : Chet +? b. Status Quo of Economic Structure i . In 1947 it was indicated the Mafia took up the cause of the wealthy : 19g: : Jandowners in the struggle against land reform. Once again, the Mafia, ae 2] > ih bay Bupported a cause that was expedient, and in this case mandatory tor ite : adevival, for the projected breaking up of the landed estates would have meant: “3 2 henester for its centuries-old protection racket. Sicilian communist leaders ° a 28. 2charged the Mafia with having murdered seven labor leaders in three n months 62-75147-37-81 icc ties 4 diacburage the land-reform movement. 7-81) 33 2. Hydra-Headed Manifestations 35 . 36 The expedient methods used by Mafiosi to group themselves: for i 37 3Bpecitic ventures or to meet specific threats to their over-all domination of: : ‘Grime and life generally in Sicily revealed themselves in hyden-headed ufusnttestations. The Wer years had seen the Mafia operating in an apparently ae 44 4gree-etyle manner with gangs perpetrating their violent crimes in virtually’ * 46 igutonomons fashion, Smash the gangs, it would seem, and the Mafia was afintshed. Observers locked the other way, however, to see another face of . 53 54 33. 5 ratte, the streamlined organization of the black-market monopoly, with tte “id wee - 86 -