[MinuteGal]

In the small article datelined "Rome", does anyone know what the "racist measures" to be "firmly carried out" were? The article states that the measures "had been inspired by biological, political and even religious necessities".

Sounds very ominious. Were these measures the beginning of Italo/fascist anti-semitism?

Leni

[Homer_J_Simpson]

In the small article datelined "Rome", does anyone know what the "racist measures" to be "firmly carried out" were?

I don't know what measures Under Secretary Guidi Guidi-Baffarini was referring to. I would guess the word "racist" is the reporter's synonym for "anti-Semitic" and not an official term. Herman Wouk's books suggest Italy was not terribly dangerous for Jews prior to September 1939 but the signs were there.

From the end of this article:

". . . the people believe in Mussolini, who has given them order, well-being, dignity and prestige and who is always right."

Who would have thought it would take another seventy years before the U.S. would elect a leader of this calibre.

[PAR35]

does anyone know what the "racist measures" to be "firmly carried out" were?

The "Charter of Race" was enacted in July 1938. It declared Italians to be Aryans and established laws which restricted Jews and Africans. (Prior to this, Jews had been welcome members of the Fascist movement.)

I would guess that this statement was linked to a campaign to implement the laws, although it may have just been verbiage to appease their new partners.