How Much Time?

From Fascist Spain last week came a rare admission: the wage earners are far from contented. Said Generalissimo Franco addressing the Falange workers' syndicate in Madrid a few days before the fall of his fellow Fascist in Rome: in time the regime will achieve "a just distribution of earnings and profits."

A day earlier, in a statement on domestic policy before the Supreme Council of the Falange, Franco led some observers to believe he was toying with the idea of restoring the monarchy under Falange auspices and control, as a sop to advisers who feel that such a move would strengthen Spain's bargaining position with the Allies. Said he: "The regime firmly installed by us may adopt [a monarchy], without prejudice to our revolution or realization of our historic destiny."

But there was tangible evidence that the time was hardly at hand. Six members of the Consejo Nacional who had signed a petition to Franco urging immediate return to monarchy were ousted. Blustered Francisco Franco: "The liberal-capitalist system in Spain is dead forever."

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