the ground that they have not been converted into laws ; and accordingly the employers' contributions have everywhere been suspended. The Government has stood by idly in face of the virtual abolition of insurance. Inspectorate of Labour Conditions. This is no longer functioning. The number of officials has been reduced to 26 for the whole of Italy. Accordingly, all the legislation for the protection of labour, of women and children, etc., is deprived of the one safeguard which remained after the destruction of the workers' organisations. Sickness Insurance Committees in the new Provinces. Unemployment Insurance Comniittees. Unemployment and Labour Exchange Boards. A rbit·ral Comtnittees for Rural Labour. These have also been closed down, or replaced by Government Commissioners. Superior Council of Labour and Permanent Committee of Labour. These were the nuclei of the new la.hour legislation, and were capable of development into fresh and more highly developed forms. Instead, they have been suppressed without further ado under Royal decree No. 2 125 of September 6, 1923 ; and in their place there has been set up a Superior Council of National Economy, on lines laid down in Royal decree No 2579 of December 2, 1923, which make it a purely bureaucratic organ, controlled exclusively by nominees of the Minister and directly dependent upon him. The administrative work of the Council will be under the direction of a permanent official. So the first germ of labour legislation and of the regularisation of the direct settlement of matters of mutual concern between employers and workers has been destroyed. Min-istry of Labour. Suppressed under Royal decree No. 915 of April 27, 1923, after the political crisis which arose out of the relations between the Catholic Popular Party and the Fascist Government. Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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