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In 1935, Thomas Dewey was appointed as a special prosecutor investigating the NY Mafia. In response, mobster Dutch Schultz wished to have Dewey killed, but the Commission (the united 'board of directors' of the US Mafia) refused to allow it and instead had Schultz killed. What if they had instead gone with his suggestion and had been successful? Do they deter investigation, or do the prosecutors come back with a vengeance? Who might replace Dewey as the head of the liberal Republicans down the road, and is that faction more or less successful than OTL?
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