MOE DALITZ DIARIES

WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A NEW MILLENNIUM CYCLE.  THE OLD LAS VEGAS  PREDICATED ON THE MONOPOLY EMPIRE OF GAMBLING ARE COMING TO AN END. ON MAY 15 1905, LAS VEGAS STARTED OUT AS A TRAIN STOP. THE STEWART RANCH PURCHASE CONSISTED OF  80 ACRES AND DIVIDED INTO 20 BLOCKS WITH 1,200 PARCELS. J. T. MCWILLIAMS BOUGHT 80 ACRES  ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ENDED UP CREATING A BLACK  SEGREGATED MCWILLIAMS  TOWNSITE.  THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TRAIN STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AFRICAN- AMERICAN CAME IN DURING THE BUILDING OF HOOVER DAM AND WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN SEGREGATED SHANTY TOWNS OF MCWILLIAMS TOWNSITE.  THIS BECAME THE NEW MINORITY COMMUNITY OF LAS VEGAS. THE CITY GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE GHETTO IN THE 1960'S TO AVOID INTEGRATION.  IN 1906, ELECTRICITY AND ICE PLANT COME TO LAS VEGAS AND ALSO LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION AND GAMBLING. PROSTITUTION WAS LEGAL IN BLOCK 16 AND BLOCK 17.  THE PROSTITUTION CYCLE OF $3.00 STARTED THE IMMOR

 MOE DALITZ BEGAN HIS RISE TO FAME AND FORTUNE IN THE 1950'S. THESE YEARS PROVIDED A NEW SOURCE OF INCOME FROM THE PENT UP DEMAND OF WORLD WAR II. THIS WAS OFTEN CALLED THE GOLDEN AGE FOR THE LAS VEGAS CASINO BUSINESS.  THE REALITY IS THAT BY THE 1930'S ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROLLED EVERY MAJOR GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT IN LAS VEGAS AND CUBA. THE MOB NOW HAD INTERNATIONAL PLANS TO EXPAND INTO CUBA AND DEVELOP A CENTER FOR A LEGAL GAMBLING GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. MOE DALITZ HAD LEARNED THE VALUE OF BEING IN LANSKY'S GAMBLING NETWORK. DALITZ WAS GIVEN HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE HIS MID-WESTERN OPERATION TO LAS VEGAS. DALITZ IMMEDIATELY INVESTED IN THE DESERT INN. ORGANIZED CRIME HAD TO INVEST $22 BILLION DOLLARS THEY EARNED FROM PROHIBITION.  THEY HAD CREATED A VIET CONG APPROACH TO BORING INTO THE LAS VEGAS MARKET AND CUBAN MARKET. THE GREEN FELT JUNGLE CHARACTERIZED THE DEVIANT LAS VEGAS SUB-CULTURE. THIS INVISIBLE SUB-CULTURE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE DALITZ POWER STRU