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we didn't go looking for the present situation; it was meeting in private to regroup and outline a plan to defeat
imposed upon us... it would be impossible to define Gennari.]
a settlement on the union level
Quaglino [letting out what he really thinks of
Gennari [feeling he _can come on stronger]: [I] am Gennari's motion]: [I] am of the opinion that the
jbr extending the_struggle and occupying more PSI motion must be rejected and that the FIOM
plants.., taking more plants would in itself be a should continue to lead the movement .... The morevolutionary
act. tion presented by the PS1 could only lead us to
disaster...
Benso [aghast]: ... the committee must decide.
Baldini [who has figured out the purpose of the PSI
Technician from Turin [obediently]: The party motion]: The PSI motion.., has to seek a solution
leadership must decide, that must look revolutionary. On the other hand, we
of the union organizations must reject it because it
Gennari [going for broke]: The Party leadership would expose our organizations to certain defeat...
has a head on its shoulders and asks you: do you
think that you'll solve the dispute on the union Buozzi [wishing out loud]: ... ifwe could only get a
level? Tell us clearly what you think, good settlement and workers' control too, the
masses would be silenced...
Technician from Turin [caving in]: We think we
can solve it on a union level as long as we know the [D'Aragona, a bit agitated, takes it out on Buozzi, blamdimensions
of the settlement, ing him for the occupation. Buozzi will continue to be
prime scapegoat. Zirardini, a CGL official, has another
Togliatti [desperately bent on saving face]: For my angle.]
part l think insurrectional action would be better, if
the leadership, which has the means to decide, tells Zirardini [eyes innocently searching the ceiling,
us to do so. thumbs twiddling]: After what the comrades from
Turin have said, [I] don't think we can accept the
Technician from Turin: We need an answer... PS1 motion. My point of view has changed.
Baldesi [of the CGL leadership]: We'llevaluate the [Mother's fears have won out again. And Zirardini, a
situation, including your report, we'll discuss it and good mamma's boy, has caught on to the game. The
communicate the results to you. CGL now believes it has the necessary cover to preserve a
semblance of militancy while safeguarding the integrity
[Baldesi cannot resist the temptation to get in one last of the organization above all else.]
crack.]
Baldesi: Uh, tell me, if yesterday, you had been
attacked, what would you have done? Evening Session of Sept. 9 between the
Party Leadership and the CGL
Technician from Turin: We would have defended
ourselves. D'Aragona [holding his breath, meekly]: [I] ask
the Party leadership what it thinks after what the
[Exeunt Turin representatives. All breathe a sigh of Turin comrades have said.
relieL]
Gennarii As a premise, 1 want to say that the
Session of the Confederation Alone declaration made by the Turin comrades during our
session was different from what they had said to me
[The pressure from the PSI and CGL leaders has sufficed personally. They said we should further extend the
to crush the mighty Turin rebels. Gennari's big talk, occupations. I am amazed that they wanted almost
combined with the CGL leaders' hints at bloody to incriminate party leaders...we must bear in
massacre, have had the desired effect. But the CGL mind that they're provincials who see the question
leaders have been affected too. What if Gennari really from a general point of view.
means all this talk of revolution? Scared silly, they are