"CONTE di CAVOUR," a MODERN ERA BATTLESHIP.

On August 10 was the centenary of a very special moment for La Spezia: the launch of the "Conte di Cavour," a modern era battleship.
Even if the act is passed over in silence by almost everyone (information services), which instead could have (had?) remember, that the launch represented a day of heavy gauge for La Spezia, in addition to the Navy.
The "Cavour" was the first modern Italian battleship, the answer to those constructed from England for some time and it was difficult to compete. Fast ships, were equipped with an armament of longer range and single work, which favored the pointing.
Beyond the technical details, the "Cavour" devoted to professionalism of La Spezia shipyard workers whose ship had set up within one year. The battleship, in fact, was a set on scale no. 1 of the Arsenal, exactly one year earlier, August 10, 1910 was the ninetieth since the birth of Cavour where the ship was named.
It was a big gamble, almost in darkness, unable to do it in a year to be able to launch the battleship in the day of the centenary of the birth of the Statesman. The workers of La spezia had never ventured in a similar test, however, never attempted in Italy, before. To succeed in working hard, even at night, but in the end the test, almost immense, is superseded and the satisfaction is equal to the effort: huge. We feel this sentiment sharply in local newspapers commenting pleased that such a work is worthy of the British yards, while the non plus ultra of work.
To realize the Cavour were, rather than the arsenal workers, the workers of private companies which mainly touched the burden of proof. They called them "free", but that name, for their ultraprecarie working conditions, still sounds like a mockery.
As it was, that Thursday, August 10 was a big party for all the spice: it celebrated the launch carried out in the presence of the King, but above all the work that celebrated the La Spezia Gulf, and was then reminded people: the census just completed testing a increase of more than 10 percent!
For the three days of celebration, attended by all the social forces, including socialists, who share the joy of the prominence achieved by the workers of La Spezia.
The only dissident voices are the anarchists and young Agostino Bronzi. Future Senator of the Republic, was then a socialist maximalist and uncompromising and critical of the conduct of his party who have been too indulgent judges at the launch. On the pages of "Free Word", the weekly break of the Italian socialist party, strongly attacked the local leadership starting a battle that will take him to lead the party short.
I am convinced that this attitude is not in favor of the arsenal, already guaranteed in some way, but rather can be explained by the defense of "free" precarious for all purposes.

November the 12th 2011

Alberto SCARAMUCCIA

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