The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-03

Italian labor has just emerged tri- mmphant from an industrial revolu- Hion and the experiment of giving Ital- sian workers joint control of all man ufacturing plants is now being watch eed keenly by the entire world.
 The movement to sovietize indus try spread to Italy from Russia and culmipated in September in the seiZ- ure Of practically all of the important industrial plants in Italy by the ported by the Moderate and Radical factions of Socialists well as by the Italian anarchists, bt 1tu must be understood that anarchists in Italy are regarded differently from anar- chists in the United States. The Ital- ian anarchists have their regular or d,anization and hold conventions with out police interference.
 The Italian Government took mili- tary precautions to protect property, but did not attempt armed interven- tion for fear of precipitating q politi- cal revolution aimed at the overthrow of the Italian government
 Premier Giolitti intervened and brought about a series of conferences at which the workmen, the mill own CTS and the government were all rep resented
 Drastic concessions were made to the workmen. Chief among them were: Joint control of industry, wage increases and vacations on pay. Leg islation was enacted by the Italian Parliament to make the reforms legally effective.
 Premier Giolitti expressed himself as well satisfied with the reforms, which would greatly ameliorate liv- Etaly. He expressed the opinion in an interview that similar reforms probably would be forthcoming in Trance and Great Britain
 Both Italy and Germany have now , legal representation in the manage Inent of industry and holding them responsible for the policies of the 1nanufa curing plants
 Il When news of the seizure Of Italian industries by the workers reached the outside world Dorothy Thompson and Barbara De Porte, two Ameri- i. can girls then in England. left at once for Italy for the International News Service to visit the industrial centers and inspect the factories under the /. new order of affairs The story o1 thci- trip gives q new insight into conditions in labor circles in Italy,
 .By DOROTHY THOMPSON. Inter q national New Service, Special
 Correspondent)
 Florence. Dec. 1-(by maiD-A vcst scheme whereby the trade union: of Italy will have an alert eye watching every move in the conduct and administration of each factory with the knowledge and consent O. I, the employers. was outlined to m' " here by the author of the scheme TaldeSi vice-secretary of the Italian Confederation of Labor, and repre , sentative Of the confederation on tht ..oyernmcnt commission which wa! apojnted at the time of the meta workers coup d'etat in September t. q work out a machinery for applyin' '1abor control,' the principle O which was established by the Italian government as an outcome of tn trouble with the metal workers Tn commission is composed or SIX rep Iesentativ selected by labor am s headed by Baldesi. He and BuozZi the head of the metallUrgical work t CTS union and the organizer of tn q Der. are the most Influential figure among the labor group The rest O ( the commission is composed ot ST representatives of the employers . The labor delegation on the com mission has presented the plan a . outlined to me by Baidesi to the eni ployers' delegation and 1t is the basl i. of negotiations now going on betWee
 the members of the commission. Bal desi asserted that the plan would nc T. be modified in any essential part
 cp1ars and that if the employers c
 f11e commission did not agree to i U two plans. this one and whateve
 schcme the employers might devis
 would be presented to parliament an
 Elan is Conservative
 'The situation in Italy is so cr1t
 fca1," said Balaesi. land this plan s f. conservative when considered besid the demands which certain group
 among the workers have made an . are making. thai I believe that tn
 govcrnmsnt will ac, Opt it essential
 as it is."
 Baldesi is q conservative in tt ranks of labor, as conservatives go
 Italy He is a Socialist who belong
 10 the right wing of the party whic |, now unquestionably the stronge
 force in the country. Revolution nov
 he is impatient to assert would