The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-31
MUSSOLINI FIRES
 HIS BIG CHIEFS

(Continued from Page D sible, to be ready for any emer- gency.
 Authorities emphasized that there was no change in Italian foreign policy.
 Marshall Rodolfo Graziani, veter- an of the Libyan and Ethiopian campaigns and former viceroy of Ethiopia, was named chief of staff of the army. replacing Gen. Alberto Pariani.
 Pariani was succeeded in his sec- ond post of undersecretary of war by Gen. Ubaldo Soddu.
 Gen. Francesca Pricolo was named undersecretary of aviation and chief of staff of the air force, replacing Gen. Giuseppe Valle, who had held both posts.
 .Achille Starace, secretary general of the Fascist party since 1892, was replaced by Gen. Ettore Mutt and was named instead, chief of staff of the Fascist militia.
 Cabinet Shifts
 The cabinet shifts were as fol- lows:
 Dino Alfieri, minister of popular culture, succeeded by deputy Ales- |sandro Pavolini and named an am- bassador at large.
 Felice Guarneri, minister for foreign exchange, succeeded by Raf- faelo Riccardi, a former undersecre- tary of aviation.
 Edmondo Rossoni, minister of ag- riculture, succeeded by Giuseppe Tassinari, former under secretary of agriculture.
 Antonio Benni, minister of com munications, succeeded by Host Venturi, former under secretary.
 Ferruccio Lantini, minister of cor poraitons, succeeded by Renato Ricci.
 Cobolli Gigli, ministe of publcl works, succeeded by Adelchi Serena
 Gen. Attilio Terruzzi, who had been under er-Secretary of colonies, was named minister of colonies, Q post Mussolini had held himself.
 Gen. Luigi Russo was named un- der secretary oi the premier's office to sucneed Medici Del vascello.
 Greatest Change of All
 Politically, the most important change was that in the secretary generalship of the Fascist party, a post which entails the active com mand of the party throughout Italy.
 The official announcement con- cerning this shift said:
 "Starace asked to be relieved of the post of secretary of the party which he had held for eight years and he has been appointed chief of staff of the Fascist militia. Black shirt Gen. Ettore Mutt was appoint ed secretary of the party"
 Drastic as was Mussolini's shake- up, 1t was received here with the recollection that 1t has been his custom on occasion to take new blood into the cabinet.
 However, Satrace, particularly, was shifted from a post which he had long held and which politically Is most important. A pioneer Fascist, he took part ir the march on Rome, became lieutenant general of the Sixts Fascist Zone, was elected the chamber of deputies and then in 1882 became party secretary gen. eral.
 Most Decorated Gen.
 Gen. Mutt, who succeeds him, Is called the most decorated general in the army. He fought in Ethiopia and he has two gold medals, corre- spending to the congressional medal of honor, for gallentry in action.
 Informants, describing the shake- up as the biggest in the history of Fascism, said that 1t was completely unexpected.
 Only on Saturday, Starace took e leading part in the Fascist anniver- sary ceremonies.
 Musolini's changes left only four cabinet ministers in their posts: Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, who is Mussolini's son-in- law; Count Dino Grandi, minister of justice; Count Paolo Thion Di Re- vel, minister of finance, and Giu- scope Bottai, minister of national education.
 Popular Fascist Hero
 General Mutt, Starace's successor, is one of the most popular Fascist Heroes. He is 37 years old, a native of Ravenna.
 At IS years of ge he volunteered as a private soldier in the World War. He took part in the march of the late Gabrielle D'Annunzio on Giume and was one of the first to join the Fascist movement in 1919 Before Mussolini took power, Mutt was imprisoned for his Fascist ideas and he was wounded in street fight ing.
 Named vice federal secretary of Fascists for the Ravenna area in 1921, he held that post until 1929, when he was made commander of ton, this 3lst day of October, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty nine and of the Independence of the United states