The daily worker., 1935-01-29

I answered by his singing teacher,
You must be an Italian Jewl Any
body in this class can be Fascist
if he wants to-"
Another witness in a secret ses-
sion of the McCormack-Dickstein
Committee was Peter Allegra, who
worked for the DeNobile Cigar
Company, 512 Hamilton Street
Long Island City, continuously for
% years, only to be fired after be-
coming General Secretary of the
old Anti-Fascist Alliance of North
America in 1925.
Tells of Persecution
Allegra told me about his ap-
pearance before the Committee
He said he accompanied Valenti to
testify, not only on his old story
which was thoroughly publicized in
the press at the time, but on the
manner in which he has been per-
secuted since then. After vainly
seeking work, he said, he managed
to set up small cigar making shop
of his own with his lifes savinge.
Because Of Fascist pressure on cigar
dealers, he said, he is still barely
able to exc out an existence. AL
legra said he was told that he would
be called by the Committee when
Valenti returned with documents.
but never heard from the Com
mittee again.
This might have been the last Of
Italian Fascism as far as the
Mccormack Dickstein Committee
was concerned, but for two facts: !:
Valenti continued to seek to place
his evidence in the record of the
Committee even after he was re-
fused an opportunity to testify
publicly; and the Committee has
discovered, meanwhile, that the
facts about the Valenti testimony
are known.
Officials Pass Buck
Since then Valenti has conferred
privately with Chairman McCor-
mack of the Congressional Commit
tee. The material has been turned
over to the Department of State for
investigation" This is merely an
other buck passing gesture. 1t would
not surprise me if, in it's final re-
port, the Committee should make
still another face-saving play, such
as referring to this evidence and
su gesting still further "investiga-
ton"
Behind all this is the Tammany
Hall connection of Congressman
Samuel Dickstein. 1t is a recognized
fact that Tammany Hall is an in
strument of tie big bankers who
finance the City of New York as
well as the Fascist dictatorship in
italy.
Invest in Fascist Countries
The House Of Morgan has floated
millions of dollars worth of bonds to
finance the Hitler dictatorship, Just
one amounting to 100000, ,000 This
gives Morgan continuing interest
in sustaining the capitalist dictator
ship in Italy. Besides, top i'm
perialiSts Of American industry have
direct interests in Fascist Italy. The
General Electric, a Morgan giant
owns a vast interest in public
utilities in Fascist italy. Thus top
industriaists have direct, imme-
diate interest in sustaining the op-
preston of the italian masses
through the Mussolini dictatorship
and in protecting exposure of the
blows this dictatorship directs across
the Atlantic, at Italian Americans
in the United States, including
citizens.
More important, this same hand
full of American imperialistS, busily
repressing the American masses
through the Roosevelt government
and plotting to sustain their rule by
open fascist dictatorship when nec-
essary, are also looking to the Ital-
ian brand of Fascism as a possible
way out" for them. During this
investigation I have been told re.
peatedly by individuals close to his
circles that Gerard Swope of the
General Electric is consciously seek
ing means CT applying" Mussolini's
corporate state" dictatorship in the
United States, Swope as much as
admitted this publicly when he ap-
plauded recent N.R.A. conclave OF
big business men with the gleeful
exclamation to the Washington
press, Nothing like this ever hap
peped except perhaps in modern
Italy"
we have seen how the McCor-
mack -Dickstein Committee covered
up the Fascist army plot, according
to the wishes Of individuals close to
the House of Morgan. All the evil
dence here presented points to con-
clusion that these same influences
are behind the whitewashing OF
Italian Fascist activities here dis
closed.