New Britain herald., 1927-01-08

llcleS on HIS Qdlly ire ana WOrk py
 Benito Mussolini, as told to Thomas
 B. Morgan, Rome manager of the
 United Press. Each article in this series has been personally revised
 corrected and approved by Premier Mussolini)
 Government to be good. must be
 efficient. It must achieve the great
 est net result with the minimum of lost effort If there be wastage of labor, duplication, overlapping or lack of coordination then there are serious defects in the government machinery. There must be unity of policy, unity of responsibility and unity of direction. Without these, government becomes slip-shod, haphazard. hit-or-miss business, able to continue only because 1t can de- mand tribute from the entire nation. A private business must be effici- ont or die. It has no reserve on which to call unless 1t has created that reserve itself. It must sustain itself by its own merits. Its man. ager must avoid wastage. duplica- ton, overlapping and must coordi- nate all the parts of his organization in smooth-running machine. He is responsible and held to strict &C., count for its success. He directs 1t with a single aim and single policy, his policy.
 The United States presents to the world numerous examples of gigan- tic successful business organizations,
 which to arrive at their great achievements must have been gov erned by these principles. There was one direction, policy and responsibil- | itv center I in one man, on whom the whole operation of the immense organization depended. The giant steel, oil, coper, transportation and l other industries were developed un- der these geniuses, who in their way, were veritable dictators, whose | word, were law throughout thelr l respective realms. They created smooth-running organizations of hu-
 man units finally reaching degree
 of efficiency which has been the
 marvel of the world.
 Lauds City Manager Plan | American municipalities are rec
 ognizing the need of centrallzation
 of the administrative powers and Of 1 the fixing of responsibility in thelr
 adoption of the "city manager plan. | If would seem that they are dlsre- rarding the orn-out system of po- litical affiliations and of shirklng | of Responsibility and substituting II by the appointment of a capable, ex-
 pert and responsible officer. Thus, many of them have even adopted the idea of "podesta" that is, the 1n- | stitution of a responsible munlclpal | officer managing the community, long before Fascism installed 1t TOT | the administration of our towns and cities. It is the only logical ana | practical way of securing efficiency, insurinc rapid decision and action and of laying ones finger upon the porticular man, guilty of neglecting or deserving of praise for promoting those things deemed essential TOT the welfare and progress Of the l municipality.
 l Ii i. just such business efficiency | on a larger scale, we have trled to work into the government machlne of Italy. We are succeeding. we | have practically rebuilt the old ma chine, substituting part here ana there and renewing 1t. It has been l completely overhauled and speeded m and has already shown its pro- | ductive power. Conceived on the same lines as the successful pusl- ness organizations, 1t centers re- | sponsibility and unifies control, cui- | minating in one man at the head l charged with it's direction.
 Heads Seven Departments
 Promptly at nine o'clock each week day. I am at my desk in the 1iminale Palace, the seat of the Ministry of the Interior, to direct this huge machine. I have under my immediate supervision, the ad- immigration of seven ministries, the presidency. interior, foreign affairs, | war, navy, aid and "corporaziohi' the latter being an entirely 1asclst creation designed especially to deal | with the relations between capltal and labor. I also supervise the com- mand of the fascist militia, Of which | I am commander-in-ch chief. The worK of these ministries is so coordinated | that the business to be transacted is done with the dispatch of high | ly efficient private enterprise. Every day for five hours. until two o'clock, the entire government business of these departments. eX- cept the ministry of foreign affairs, is directed and supervised with busi- ness thoroughness and rigidity.
 At two, take light lunch and am then at my desk at the Chigi palace, the seat of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, where remain un- til ten in the evening on the con-
 stant go save for taking glass Of milk at my desk at six. The work is that of directing Italian foreign relations, of examining and answer tng correspondence, receiving am- bassadors and ministers, and hold ing numerous imperative confer ences and audiences.
 When the chamber of deputies and senate are in session, my at tendance at one or the other is dove- tailed into the schedule. Cabinet meetings too must find place in
 the days limited hours. l attend
 the chamber and senate ready to
 take up questions which might be
 introducted on the conduct of the
 government and to keep the depu-
 ties and senators informed on the
 policy of the administration.
 My colleagues in the cabinet and
 the under-secretaries of state know
 that the government business must
 ba bandlod with enthusiasm and