Charles LeRoy Lewis - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

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And, of course, Gus was the oldest and he was boss,
just like Tass is the boss now. Tass is the
head knocker and you'll find that Gus Cavacos done a lot
of good work out here, Weinstein done a lot of good work
out here. I know Weinstein used to come 0u.t here right
from World War I - and they were out there next to where
the bar is, Roaches, that's where they started out, and
Max, Morris' brother was a great big Xussian. They were
Russian Jews and about ten feet and about
that wide deliver around Re was a brutal
man. But they were all . . . myself, 1 say it's what you
are because you were born that way. Same way as people's
religion; as far as I was concerned the average person
is a Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's Witness
because they were brought up that way.
Hawes: How did those kinds of leaders relate to Frank
Robey in politics and like that?
Lewis: Well, they knew him out here, he was out here, He
was a friendly man, Frank Robey was a friendly man; he wasn't
a dxinking man. Never give anybody any trouble; he worked
hard - everything he had he worked and made for himself.
Hawes: Did they support him, or , . .3
Lewis: They all supported, but people wouldn't vote for
him. I mean, he just never carried this district. The
people . . other words, some people come to you hungry for
something and you can' t give them and then you're
and then they get this and that one to get it. And I laugh