But Fascism Cannot Continue In A Modified

The Cio Put Up Half A Million Dollars For Roosevelt's 1936 Campaign And Provided Him With An Immense Group Of Active Labor Workers Who Played A Large Part In The Sweeping Victory He Won At The Polls.

But Alas, The Most Terrifying Aspect Of The Whole Fascist Episode Is The Dark Fact That Most Of Its Poisons Are Generated Not By Evil Men Or Evil Peoples, But By Quite Ordinary Men In Search Of An Answer To The Baffling Problems That Beset Every Society.

The So-called Christian Virtues Of Humility, Love, Charity, Personal Freedom, The Strong Prohibitions Against Violence, Murder, Stealing, Lying, Cruelty-all These Are Washed Away By War. The Greatest Hero Is The One Who Kills The Most People. Glamorous Exploits In Successful Lying And Mass Stealing And Heroic Vengeance Are Rewarded With Decorations And Public Acclaim.

This Most Dangerous Enemy Is The American Counterpart Of The British Fabian Socialist, Who Denies That He Is A Socialist And Operates Behind A Mask Which He Calls National Planning.

When The Fountains Of Government [borrowing] Abundance Began To Dry Up, When Through Lack Of Funds And The Impossibility Of Negotiating Fresh Loans The State Was Forced To Check The Extension Of Bureaucracy And To Put A Stop To Public Works, Then And Then Only Did The Italians Realize What It Meant To Have Allowed Themselves To Be Made One Of The Most Heavily Taxed Nations In The World.