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However, Maranzano's scheming, his arrogant treatment of his subordinates, and his fondness for comparing his organization to the Roman Empire ( he attempted to model the organization after Caesar's military chain of command ) did not sit well with Luciano and his ambitious friends, like Vito Genovese, Frank Costello and others.

Indeed, Luciano came to believe that Maranzano was, in his own way, even more hidebound and power-hungry than Masseria had been.

Despite his advocacy for modern methods of organization, including crews of soldiers doing the bulk of a family's illegal work under the supervision of a capo, at bottom Maranzano was a " Mustache Pete " — an old-school mafioso too steeped in Old World ways.

For instance, he was opposed to Luciano's partnership with Jewish gangsters such as Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel.

In fact, Luciano and his colleagues had intended all along to bide their time before getting rid of Maranzano as well.