 The purpose of the Commission was to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and serve to mediate conflicts between families.Throughout the history of the Commission, the body has been involved in several incidents including the Apalachin meeting in 1957, a plot to kill several members of the Commission in 1963, and the Mafia Commission Trial in 1985.Pre-1931, "capo dei capi" (boss of bosses) was a term applied by mobsters to Giuseppe Morello around 1900, according to Nick Gentile.