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Show A Generous Dictator Mo.st of the reports published concerning con-cerning Mussolini, the Italian dictator, dicta-tor, have to do with his autocratic methods in bending his countrymen to his imperious will. But a recent , story, apparently authentic, reveals another side of his character. Tt is well known -cnac Mussolini's salary is very small and that he has no private fortune. Through his newspaper and magazine articles pub-1 pub-1 :: 1 in America during thi' past few months he earned five thousand dol- ; km,, which might well have been used to supplement his mcagiT Income. Instead of devoting this money to his own use., however, lie donated it all to a special fund, whereby poor children will be given vacations in the mountains and at the seashore next summer. Thi". generous action is convincing vid"iiee that in spile of his iron han't, the ruler of Italy possesses a kindly heart. |