Evening star., 1934-10-30

Mussolints cooperative state iDhich
IS to be irtGugurated November 10.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, October $3.50 complicated
is the structure of Premier Mussolini's
new cooperative state that courses in
cooperative law have been added to
the curriculum in leading universities,
with many students specializing in
such instruction.
When the cooperative system is per-
fected all national legislation having
to do with any Of the spheres of ac-
tivity represented in it will pass
through its hands. 1t will be written
into the form of q definite project by
the corporation concerned and will be
enacted into law by national council
of corporations presided over by II
Duce.
The magnitude Of departure from
accepted national industrial and COM
mercial structures can be best appre-
ciated by comparison. Although the
parallel is by no means exact, 1t is
somewhat as II the N. r. A. in the
United States should be given power to
initiate legislation, finally supplanting
Congress itself, with labor and capital
organized into administrative units
controlling all the Nations industry,
commerce and agriculture under the
direction of the President.
Professions Cause Obstacle.
One of the most difficult tasks facing
the cooperative architects in design
ing the Italian structure was that OF
providing practicable and adequate
representation in the corporations for
the banking and insurance business
and the arts and the professions.
These had to be subdivided and
still kept in compact, working unison.
The solution was found in creating
single corporation under each
heading and splitting the corporation
into sections.
Thus the Banking & Insurance
Corp. will have a section for banking,
section for savings and a section
for insurance. Each will have its
separate board of technical experts
and the boards will work together on
matters Of interest to all three
branches.
Separate Sections Set Up.
The Arts & Professions Corp. will
be divided into four sections. 1t will
have a department for lawyers. one
for doctors and surgeons, one for
engineers and architects and one for
the arts.
Painters, poets and writer's will sit
on the Governing Board Of the Arts
& Professions Corp, together with
doctors, lawyers and engineers.
Composers, musicians and actors
will be represented in a separate
corporation, to be known as the Cor
poration for Music and the Theater.
Producers and owners Of theaters also
will be represented in this corpora
tion.
Seven Farm Corporations.
OF the total of % corporations to
be inaugurated by MuSsolini November
10, seven will be for agriculture and
kindred pursuits. nine for the indus
tries, one for banking and insurance,
one for the arts and professions, one
for music and the theater, two for
transportation and communications
and one for the tourist business.
There will be a separate body for
land transportation and communica-
tionS, but sea and air travel will be
grouped together. Italy's great ship
ping activities and her growing net
work of air lines will come to a head
in the Sea and Air Corporation"
The Internal Communications Cor
poration" will group street-car lines,
bus lines, radio and telephone services
and auxiliary traffic. The railway and
telegraph services, which are under
government operation, are expected
eventually to be absorbed by this cor
poration.
Hotels, travel bureaus and all other
enterprises having to do with the tour
ist business will be represented in a
travel corporation"