FASCISM AND U.S.A.
A resolution introduced into the Senate calling for an inquiry into the alleged activities of Fascist organizations in the United States has been followed by a prompt but guarded intimation that the State Department has the matter under consideration. Widespread interest has been aroused by numerous accounts of the methods said to be employed by the Italian Government and Fascist organizations to retain the allegiance of Italo-Americans and to penalize those who wished to become or have become American citizens. American citizens of Italian descent visiting Italy are said to have been forced to join the Italian Army or imprisoned for lack of sympathy with Fascist activities. For similar reasons other Italians resident in the United States are said to be subject to boycott and intimidation by Fascists while their relatives in Italy have been penalized. The Italian Ambassador denies that Fascist organizations in the United States oppose Americanization and adds that the difficulties which have arisen as to military service are disappearing. The issue as to the alleged molestation of non-Fascist Italians in the United States remains.
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