The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-27
COMING ITALIAN
ELECTION ONLY
MUSSOLINI FAKE
Wants Constitutional
Figleaf for Dictatorship
By GIOVANNI GIGLI
tSneeial 10 The Daily Worker)

the new Camera del Deputati' win |
be convoked for the State Opening |
on the gath of May, that is, on the |
Anniversary Day of Italy's particlpa- |
ton in the World War. This latter
circumstance is not the result Of a
mere coincidence, as it would seem. |
On the contrary, the date has been
chosen by Mussolini himself, out OF |
its symbolic significance to the war
mentality of Fascismo.
From the same motive, Mussolini
has formed his list of candidates
almost exclusively of ex-service
men who have distinguished them
selves in the war. So that, as a
result of the new electoral law
which enables the fascist govern
ment to gain two-thirds Of the seats
in the future chamber Of deputies,
provided they can only poll % per
cent of the votes, think can
safely anticipate that the new
Camera del Deputati' will include
the greatest number of fascist and
nationalist hot heads living under
the sun. In such conditions, the
struggle for the opposition parties
will be extremely difficult and en-.
tirelv useless, and surely they would
have withdrawn from the ground
already had the Communist party
not refused to follow their lead for
a general abstention.
A MussoIini Fake.
Not only are the opposition par
ties. by cause of the new electoral
law, in a position which hinders
! them beforehand from competing for
the future parliamentary majority,
but, in all probability, the fascist
violence will make it impossible for
them even to fight for the minority.
The Forthcoming Italian erection
must, therefore, be looked upon as
an attempt by the fascist Dictator
ship to give people unacquainted
with the history of the past fourteen
months of Italian life the impress
sion that everything here is right
at present from constitutional
standpoint. But, alas, how far is
> this from being the truth.
E Coincident with the onicial OPEN
ing of the electoral campaign comes
today from the Reggie Emilia prov
: ince the report that candidate on
the socialist card list, Signor Pic
cinini, a compositor, was assassinat-
ed by fascist gunner yesterday, in
circumstances which offer a striking
evidence of actual conditions in
Italian domestic life.
Fascist Murder Worker.
At dead of night, a small gang
of fascist, four in number, fell upon
!. the house where Signor Picinini
Y and his wife and two children lived
: presenting themselves under q
: friendly guise and asking for adj
f mittance on the ground that they
r had come with some urgent comuni
cations to make on behalf of a com
o mon friend, in this, the rufians
4 naming a socialist leader wei
! known in the district, and exhibiting
/ identity cards from which it would
i appear that they were members o.
+ socialist club. "Give me time t
! put my clothes on and I'll be will
r. you in a few minutes" came tn
d poor mans voice from within, thrl
a the door.
. His wife, however, who suspects
n danger, begged him to stay and no
to follow the strangers in tn
n street as she did not believe then
+. sincere, but the poor man tried t
If lessen his wife's pains by pointing
70 out that if the strangers really in
a. tended to do him harm he could no
l. prevent their offenses by his re
: c. L. =
= go. The poor lady is reported {
have concluded her tragic accour
9QIby adding that when she had follow
20 ed her husband in the street an
- had seen him go round the corner
Va apparently engaged in a friendl
;s talk with the four strangers, sh
y went back to her children upstaii
nd and tried to get them to bed agai
III as the poor little souls had. to-
been reused from sleep, and locke
u, now much frightened. "The poo
II kids inquired about their father
lie stated the widow, "and / told the
RS their father had gone out with son
friends, and would soon be bat
with some nice present for them.
Body of Worker Found.
"But the little souls were so,
tired of waiting and in half an ho1
were in a sound sleep again."
IS The morrow after some passersl
discovered the body Of man lyii
by the country road in a pool
it'll blood. Later an officer of justi
ng and two carabinieri were on Z
|: a scene and, On examining the de-
air mans body, found that the u
ice fortunate fellow had been shot de-
es. with four revolver bullets in I
len head and also bore signs that bcfo
um being murdered he had been knock
ass in the head and face with a hea'
err stick by his assassins. It was al
lis discovered at Reggie Emilia not lie
her was Signor Piccinini, the work
the candidate on the socialist card Il
it'll Of Reggie Emilia, whom the 70
ay. rufians had fetched in his house I
to night before.
ms Beaten For Truth.