The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04
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By T. J. O'FLAExRTY.

THE popularity of Benito Mussolini
i among the people of Italy is at
tested to by the precautions taken to
prevent them from killing the be-
loved dictator. Even the COW that
supplies the duce with his milk is un-
der suspicion Mussolini is suffer
ing from a stomach ailment which
compels him to live on a milk diet.
So it is vital to his welfare that his
personal COW should be on the level.
Lest the COW might be inclined to risk
suicide by eating poisoned fodder in
her desire to get the dictator out Of
the way, the bovine is kept under
constant watch, her guards being or
dered to shoot should she attempt to
eat newspapers containing nti-
fascist propaganda.
A TRUSTED fascist has the task of
"A milking the COW, but even a
trusted fascist needs watching, so an
other watcher watches the mixer.
After the cow is MIXED a whole flock
of detectives watch the process of
getting the milk bottled and the state
militia is called out to protect the lac
teal fluid on it's way to the duce's
ice chest. Love greater than this no
people could have for ruler, tho
frankly were it showered on US we
would feel like stealing away some
times to bomb factory where the
employees are in the habit of smoking
while at work.
WHEN Mussolini goes to the cham
w Der of deputies he is preceded by,
and surrounded by enough armed for
ces to wage a respectable war. The
happy populace is driven indoors by
bayonets and the statuary in the pub
passes is searched for arms. The
members of the chamber of deputies
are ordered to keep their hands
pointed to the ceiling while the duce
is speaking. Newspaper correspon-
dents, telegraphing their papers from
Rome attribute the hands up procedure
to admiration of Benito. When they
get to Paris and get couple of gins
under the belt they tell the truth.
YOU can see from the foregoing that
Mussolini is quite safe in the arms
of the masses. He has won their
confidence. And why not? A man
who is willing to suffer all this tor
ture for his country is worthy of
esteem. During those hot days, when
Benito rides thru the streets he re-
fuses to open the windows of his
automobile and the paness in those
windows are made of bullet-proof
glass. So are the windows in his
Chigi palace office. The poor fell
lows job is almost as hazardous as
that of a Chicago alcohol salesman.
But to be so we'll beloved is compen-
sation sufficient for the little incon-
veniences he must suffer for his
popularity.
DADEREWSKI, well-known piano
ticker and former premier of
Poland is reported to have praised
MussoliniS highly after his return to
the United States from a tour during
which he visited Italy. The musicians
opinion about Italy is featured In an
editorial in Hearst's New York Amer
lean. Mussolini, we are told, has
cleared Italy's streets of beggars.
Paderewski calls him the greatest
statesman of the day and Hearst's
sheet agrees. Neither Hearst nor any
other of his outstanding scribblers
misses an opportunity to praise the
executioner of the workingclass move
ment. Anti-Fascist workers who
purchase Hearst's rags should protest
publicly against the propaganda being
consistently carried on by this motor
ious charlatan in favor of Mussolini.
DREMIER Baldwin took off his coat
and vest and rolled up his sleeves
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