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inal blackshirts.
But he had dismissed many vet
Grams, Of various leanings.
He fired Ciano, whom he once
tried to build up as his political
heir, and Ciano's close friend, Ales-
sandro Pavolini, propaganda minis
ter. Pavolini and Ciano were
room mates at Florence University
and Ciano got him his job In the
cabinet. Ciano Is bitterly anti
Democratic.
Mussolini also dismissed the vet
eran Fascist leader Dino Grandi,
as justice minister. Granbi, for
seven years ambassador here, Is re-
garded as pro-British and as q
member of an influential Italian
government group who had urged
Mussolini to take a realistic" view
now that the war had turned
against Germany.
The appointment of Rosso as am
bassador to Turkey interested dip
lomatic quarters almost as much as
the cabinet shake-up.
Connected with this interest was
q report put out by Berlin that
Gen. Annibale Electric Whiskers)
Bergonzoli, captured by the British
In Libya, was a war prisoner at
Washington. Berlin said that the
information reached Bergonzolts
sister at Milan through the Inter-
national Red Cross.
Germany Worried
Ankara reported that Germany
and It's satellites were increasingly
worried over Rosso's appointment.
Germany Worried
Ankara reported that Germany
and its satellites were increasingly
worried over Rosso's appointment.
Rosso is regarded as bitter en-
envy Of Ciano and, in fact, an enemy
Of Fascism AS a former popular
ambassador to the United States he
has many American contacts and
when the big break came against
the Axis he would be In position to
start work at once.
(The ONCE of War Information
reported that the FEC heard the
German controlled Paris radio say
that Ottavio De Peppo, whom Rosso
succeeds in Turkey had been named
ambassador to Spain.)
Mussolini now is premier, foreign
secretary, war minister. navy min
lister, air minister, interior minister.
Cabinet changes were:
Foreign-Mussolini replaces Ciano
who had served since 1886.
Justice-Alfred De Massico Sue
ceeds Grand, who had served since
1899 after being ambassador in Lon
don for seven years. Grandi remains
president of the Fascist chamber OF
fasces and corporations, which cor
responds to the house Of represent
ativeS.
Finance-Giacomo Acerbo, chair
man of the International Agricul-
utral institute and president of the
budget committee of the chamber
of fasces, succeeds Paolo Thaon Di
Revel, who had served since 1885.
Education-Carlo Biggini. rector
of Piza university, succeeds Giuseppe
RCttai
Public Works-Zenone Benini, ma
tional councillor, succeeds Giuseppe
Gorla.
Communications - Vittorio Cini
succeeds Giovanni Host Ventura.
Corporations-Carlo Ciogo sue
ceeds Renato Ricci.
Propaganda-Gaetano Polverellli,
under secretary, succeeds Pavolini.
Economies and Foreign Exchange
-Oreste Bonini succeeds Raffaelo
RiccaTdi.
The war production under secre-
taryship was promoted TO full cab
net status, with Gen. Favabrossa as
minister. He had been under sec.
rotary.
Alberto Albini. project OF Naples.
becomes under secretary OF interior,
succeeding Guido Bufiarini.
Two cabinet posts we're left uIl'
touehed-AgFicultuFe, Giuseppe Tas-
sinari. and Italian Africa. Gen. At
lillo Teruzzi. However. there Is no
Italian Africa now.