Why did the mob want a “takeover of unions, coast to coast”? Money was one signal reason, but there were others—for “by threatening union members with loss of work, the gangsters could marshal the efforts of husbands, wives, sons, and daughters in support of virtually any scam the gang could dream up, including swinging an election.”11 Moreover, mobsters like Longy Zwillman wanted to dominate unions because this helped him “to find jobs for his army of relatives,” not to mention cementing alliances with various other forces by doling out such benefits.12 As is evident, marshaling and manipulating kinship ties and ethnicity were essential components of this process.