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of people, following the economic union between the countries
of Europe and their colonies, than by nter-governmental agree-
ments. The Italians, for example, could find a great outlet in
the depopulated French countryside and in the colonies belonging
to the European states.
It is an end which cannot be easily attained as the
vested interests of various groups ( industrialists and workers
combined ), more or less government-subsidized, are strongly
opposed, in every country, to the realization of this great prin-
ciple. It cannot, therefore, be attained without a determined
stand on the part of the American administration It must be
stressed, however, that such a union cannot be accomplished, as
far as Italy is concerned, unless it includes a clear understand-
ing as to the free movement of workers.
As regards the paralysis of productive activity, it
should be noted that the Italian Government cannot successfully
counteract the political attacks in which advantage is taken of
the social unrest, unless its work is accompanied by an assistance
scheme so that both the employed and the unemployed can count on
a certain minimum to provide for themsèlves and their families.
Only in that way can the ban on dismissals be lifted, which is a
primary condition for the proper working of industries, for the
return of sane economic administration, for freedom in hiring man-
power on a selective basis, for permitting of economic and financial
fore-planning, in a word, for the r esumption of initiative and the
gradual readsorption of workers and for a way out of the present
crisis of industrial activity.
TRUMAN
Considering the enormous state indebtedness, it is clear
that this colossal work of assistance can be achieved only with
foreign aid.
Having provided for the amount of assistance which is re-
garded as essential, the purpose of the ECA still remains that of
rehabilitating Italian economy, taking care, in the process, not to
exercise any influence which may have a deadening effect, but con-
tributing rather to the fostering of new economic standards and
reconstruction of industry.
As regards the industrialization which is necessary to
attain maximum employment and thus absorb the population which
finds no outlet in emigration in the present intensification of
productive activity, the administration of the plan can have a
deep influence:
a) by aiming at the stimulation of those solvent under-
takings which are operating in the field of international compe-
tition, importing and exporting raw materials and products, without
being a burden on the state or on the consumer, thus hastening the
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