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...Behind Benito Mussolini's frown are concealed the talents of a tabloid editor, a great phrasemaker, sociologist, seer and conclusion-jumper. Last week his own newspaper, Il Popolo d'Italia, in the course of a routine sermon on the evils of birth-control, pointed directly to the U. S.: "If the declining birthrate continues at its present rate in the U. S., the number of biers will surpass the number of cradles. Blind and foolish arc these ignorant destroyers who believe they can efficaciously combat the Depression by sterility. There...
Twenty-four hours after he had signed the political and commercial pacts with Austria and Hungary (see p. 14). Premier Benito Mussolini stepped forward on the stage of Rome's Opera House, gave the Fascist salute to an audience of 4,000 of Italy's head men and launched into one of his most boastful speeches. Excerpts: "In this age of plans, I want to lay before you a plan, not for five years or ten years, but for 60 years, carrying on to the 21st Century, at which time Italy will have the primacy of the world...
...last week as fellow-guests, garbed in black silk mantles with white crosses and long black stoles, marched and countermarched through the lobbies. They were Knights of Malta, gathered together from all over the world in their first general meeting since 1788, to pay their respects to the Pope, Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emanuel, and to make pilgrimages to Rome's four great basilicas in honor of the Holy Year which ends Easter Monday...
Taking pen in hand at Rome, Benito Mussolini last month also scratched with such vigor on the same subject that last week the Japanese Embassy was officially and fruitlessly protesting. "There is no doubt that Japan is going through a period of 'dynamic imperialism,' " wrote the dynamic Duce. "Two armies confront each other at the frontiers of Russia and Manchuria. The peril of war exists. This event does not interest only Russia and Japan. It also involves China and the United States and, directly or indirectly, England, France, Italy and Holland...
Perhaps without the knowledge of Air Minister Benito Mussolini suave, ingratiating General Giuseppe Valle, Undersecretary for Air, addressed the Chamber of Deputies last week on the "exploits" of Son Vittorio Mussolini...