In 1938, 1939 and through the 1950s, the mob bosses started to send their money to Swiss Banks where it was stored in secret bank accounts. Carrying the money was Gus Alex, an up and coming hoodlum who would some day lead the mob; the only non-Italian to ever hold that position. At that point, in 1939, Alex worked under Murray Humpreys, although he reported directly to Jake Guzik as the Outfit’s contact person to city hall and bribed city employees that Guzik had identified. Alex called the visits to the banks: “Ski trips.” In the late 1950s, when the FBI pointed Alex out to Swiss police, he was banned from entering the country for ten years. The outfit called in favors and letters were written on Alex's behalf by Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen and Congressman William Dawson but the ban was never lifted.