Ave Duce - Sawdust Caesar - Balcony Empire

Words at War. The heistrianic, the dynamic hypnotist of the mob.

You were the soldier, the statesman, the liar, the orator, journalist, philanderer. You who so enriched the dictionary of invective and shameful phrases. You who were the hope of the rich and the poor, and who crushed both the weak and the strong.

who once told an ignorant crowd there is no God, and held up a cheap pocket watch daring God to strike you dead in five minutes. You who another time compared yourself to Jesus Christ, but who threw his followers into jail. I hail you, you Che. Wherever you are tonight, listen to me. I would commune with you, laugh with you, really history with you while all

men listen, and do not be frightened, duché. What if I do reveal to the masses some of the things you'd rather keep quiet? The stupid masses whom you've always hated and despised. Tonight, duché, while the armoured cause of your gentle friends rumbles through my ancient streets, while their hobnailed boots goost at the pattern of tyranny into the soil of my

seven hills. I roam cry out in salutation for all the blessings you have brought me. Au vé du che. Hail, great leader! This is another in the words at war programs presented by the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council on Books in War Time. Tonight's script written by Richard McDonough is based on three important books.

Herbert L. Matthews, Fruits of Fascism, George Seldes, sawdust Caesar, and Eleanor and Reynolds Packard's balcony empire. We've conquered Ethiopia. Go Jay! Go Jay!

We have been forced to intervene in Spain. Go Jay! Go Jay! Go Jay! We are being attacked by Albania. Do you remember it, do you? That scene that took place so often during the 20 fascist years.