Campaign in Italy for Hugo Blanco's

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from World Outlook Deapite the silence of the big daily presa, the campaign of solidarity for Hugo Blance and his comrades is developing in Italy and has achieved encouraging results. In Rome hundreds of signatures were obtains] on an appesl] demanding that elementary juridical righte be upheld in the case and that the trial conducted by the silitary tribunal in Tacna be nullified. Sane latal sections of the Communist party perticipated in thie ection as well as members of the PSIUP (Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity) and, of course, the leaders and members of the Italian section of the Fourth International, The appeal with the attached signstures was lodged with the Feruvian embassy in Rone. 4 epecial action was undertaken by the provincial leadere of the Commumiat Youth and the left-wing Socialist Youth in Piacenza, a town in Emilia. i letter was sent to the Peruvian ambassador demanding thersleage of Hugo Blanco and hia comrades in the name of a large majority of the youth and people of Piacenza. "We deny that the military tribunal, which ia a direct expression of the Peruvian regime in the service of imperialian," declared the letter, “has any right to try Comrade Blanco." ‘The Piacenza organizations gent their letter and an anpeal for the release of Hlanco to oll the federstione of the Socialist ond Communist youth, asking them to join in the campaign. The Piacenza appeal met with a favorable response in Bari, among other places, and signatures were obtained there among Communist party and youth circles. In Trieste, a document of urotest and solidarity was signed by leadere and members of the FSIUP. The left-wing socialist cirole in Follanica (Groseeto) in the center of the country. In Sicily an appeal wes sent to the Peruvian enbasay by the provincial federation of the left-wing socialist youth of Reguea and «» campaign is underway thanke to the-activities of members of a left-wing cultural circle, "Inigi Fintor". In Palerno various wiversity professora, including Giuseppe Montalbano, Ideale del Carpio, Massimo Mineo and luciano del Chiara, together with etudente and trade unionists, including & regional secretary of the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labor), signed a letter demanding the immediate release of Hugo Blanco.