“BIG STICK” POLICY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12650, 10 January 1927, Page 6

“BIG STICK” POLICY

MUSSOLINI A FIRM BELIVER EXECUTIVES MUST DECIDE QUICKLY “PROFESSORIAL TYPE” FUTILE By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cahlo Association. LONDON, January 7. “I have arrived at the age of 39, Italy’s youngest Prime Minister, with the force of youth combined with age. My Ministers’ aggregate age totals slightly over 200 years, while one of Giolitt’s Ministries aggregated 1100 < It might he argued that youth lacks experience, but it will attempt the impossible and o-ften succeed,” says Signor Mussolini, in another article in the British United Press. “Roosevelt was the V-' Aider 0 f the big stick, which is a Fascist trait. There must be unity of policy and responsibility of direction, otherwise government becomes a slipshod, hit-or-miss business. “Promptly at nine o’clock every day 1 am at my desk in the Ministry of the Intcripr, directing seven Ministries. At 2 o’clock, I have a light lunch, and after that- I go to the Foreign Ministry and remain till 10 o’clock. The only break is a cup of milk at 6 at my desk. My colleagues know they cannot approach me unless on Government business, and there is no time to joke. “Fortunately I am blessed with the faculty of quick decision, and I accomplish an immense amount of work. 1 cannot stand vacillating, procrastinating executives which deliberate for years. Ministers of the professorial type are useless as administrators.”