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No Calling Card. Learning of the curious arrangement that led to O.P.E.U.'s issuance of Local 711's charter, TIME Correspondent Sandy Smith began asking questions. During the course of the investigation, Duvin revealed himself as a lawyer for Pete Milano. Reporter Smith called Finley, and the attorney admitted that it was Duvin who had helped launch O.P.E.U.'s acceptance of Nardi and Francis' local. But he was "shocked beyond words" to learn of Duvin's connection with Pete Milano. Within minutes, Finley's Cleveland office was on the telephone to the union's headquarters in New York. Shortly thereafter, Arthur Lewandowsky, director of organization for O.P.E.U., let it be known that orders revoking 711's charter had been issued that day. Denied the cover of a respectable union calling card into Vegas, the mob was thwarted, at least for the moment. Undoubtedly, it will again try to gain power in Las Vegas. The lure of millions flowing across the tables on the Strip is irresistible to Cosa Nostra's appetite for easy money.