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...their top candidate they picked an aging politician with a respected past, 83-year-old Francesco Nitti, a onetime pre-Fascist (1919-20) Premier of Italy. Their 80 city council candidates were neatly divided between 20 open Reds, 20 Nenni Socialists (who follow the Red line), and 40 fellow traveling "independents...
...they also got signatures of many an eminent man who should have known better. Italy's Elder Statesman Vittorio Emanuele Orlando signed; so did ex-Premier Saverio Nitti. In Canada, Clergyman Alexander James Wilson signed because "I would do anything under heaven to ensure peace." In the days when the dove was really flapping, his prize victim was Henry Wallace, who pleaded that the Russians were misunderstood and that "the tougher we get, the tougher the Russians get." Others confusedly offered plans for "proving" the U.S. meant no offense. Example: Connecticut's Senator Brien McMahon's proposal...
Italy's postwar constitution neither approved nor forbade titles. Last December, however, the government introduced a bill instituting a new Order of Knighthood for Merit under the Italian Republic. "Ridiculous and insignificant," scoffed 82-year-old ex-Premier Francesco Nitti when the bill reached the Senate floor last week; but Nitti, it was pointed out, could afford to be disapproving-he already had 43 orders and decorations. The bill passed two-to-one in favor of more titles...
...Drury was also a tough cop, handy with his fists and afraid of nobody. He habitually put the pinch on, or otherwise harassed, such hearties as Murray ("The Camel") Humphries, the late Frank ("The Enforcer") Nitti, Louis ("Little New York") Campagna, Paul ("The Waiter") Ricca, Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, Big Al's biggest brother. Once he even tried to pin a murder rap on fish-eyed, elegantly tailored Charlie ("The Gentleman") Fischetti, one of Al Capone's top three heirs. And he hauled in Jack ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, Al Capone's business brains, whenever he felt displeased with...
...because Irey was able to prove to a jury that he hadn't shared his swag with the U.S. Treasury. One of Al's boys gave Irey's planted agent a classic explanation of Capone's success: "Everything is businesslike. Take The Enforcer [Gunman Frank Nitti]; he keeps everybody in line for Al. Somebody gets out of line, Al tells The Enforcer, the next thing you know a couple of guys get off a train from Detroit or New York or St. Louis, and The Enforcer tells them who has to go. The guys...