himself. Of course this was a bluff, but it worked and Mussolini became the Prime Minister. In 1924, the Fascists received two-thirds of the seats in the parliament. Though most of this was achieved through fraud, fascism was still growing very popular throughout the masses. Then, when a socialist deputy was killed, Mussolini was said to have been involved in the murder. To escape these charges, Mussolini made the final push for total dictatorship over Italy. On January 3rd, Mussolini made a speech saying he took all responsibility for any fascist violence, "'Italy wants peace, tranquility, calm in which to work; we will give it to her, by means of love if possible, by force if necessary,'"(Spielvogel, 791). In 1926, the fascist dictatorship had been established. Individual rights were taken away, there was a new police (OVRA) and more power to the old police, and Mussolini had named himself Il Duce (the leader). Even though, Mussolini made these extreme changes to Italy, not much had really changed. The police were never that efficient and the government never could control surveillance or mass media. Another failed idea was education reform. Mussolini set up education to teach how to be the best "fascist man." But this
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