53 Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism, p. 231.

54 Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1948, p. 187.

55 See Arrigo Petacco, Dear Benito, Caro Winston, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano, 1985.

56 Alexander DeConde, Half Bitter, Half Sweet, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1971, p. 212.

57 Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism p. 279.

58 Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism p. 59.

59 Nassau Daily Review, November 13, 1934.

60 Hugh Johnson, “NRA Ballyhoo,” in The New Deal, A Documentary History, edit. by William Leuchtenberg, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1968, p. 47.

61 Patchogue Advance, March 16, 1923.

62 John Higham, Strangers in the Land, Atheneum, New York, 1971 p. 247.

63 _Julian E. Miranda,” The Immigrants Speak, edit. LaGumina, pp. 134 and 140.

64 Stanislao G. Pugliese, “The Culture of Nostalgia: Fascism in the Memory of Italian American,” Italian American Review, Vol. 5 No. 2, Autumn/Winter 1996/1997, pp. 14-26.

65 The Italians of New York, WPA, New York, p. 224.

66 Philip V. Cannistraro, Blackshirts in Little Italy, Italian Americans and Fascism 1921-1929, Bordighera Press, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1999, p. 10-13.

67 _Joseph Zappulla,” Immigrants Speak, p. 84.

68 See Josephine Rossi, Immigrants Speak, p. 162.

69 Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism, p.84-85.

70 Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism,pp. 342-343, 348.

71 Vanni B. Montana, Amorostico, U. Bastogi Editore, Livorno, p.164.

72 _La Fede E La Mia Forza,” Il Carroccio, Anno XIV No. 1 Gennaio 1928, pp. 10-11.

73 Teresa Cerasuola, “The Arthur Avenue/Belmont/Fordham Neighborhood of the Bronx, New York,” Italian Americans in Transition, edit. Joseph V. Scelsa, Salvatore J. LaGumina, Lydio Tomasi, American Italian-Historical Association, Staten Island, New York, 1990, pp. 75-78. See also Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism, pp. 94-95.