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...Outside Help." Scelba's defeat was accomplished by his own party-chiefly by the right-wing "Concentration" of the Christian Democrats led by ex-Premier Giuseppe Pella. Pella (who would like to be Premier again) used an occasion provided by Party Secretary Amintore Fanfani (who would also like to be Premier). Fanfani laid down a "minimum" program of social welfare and public works, and demanded that Scelba get his coalition partners (Liberals, Saragat Socialists and Republicans) to accept it-or resign...
Pella smoothly agreed with Fanfani's proposal and then indicated his real interest. "If we had a one-party government, there would be no preliminary bargaining. Then Christian Democracy could courageously face the problems it wants to solve." On some issues, Pella added blandly, a Christian Democrat government would need "outside help, but at any rate the government would not be a wavering reed in the wind, but an attracting force for the country." In other words, the Concentration would accept Fanfani's program not because they approved it, but because they were sure the minor coalition parties...
...Christian Democratic victory in Sicily only emphasized the divisions of the party in Rome. Rejoicing most was the faction headed by Party Secretary Amintore Fanfani, who had run the campaign, poured money and workers into Sicily to offset the Communists' $10 million election drive, and conclusively demonstrated that he could influence voters and win elections...
...increasing Fanfani's stature, the elections diminished the influence of Scelba himself. Fanfani had scored another point. Scelba has always insisted that the Christian Democrats' coalition with the small center parties (Liberals, Republicans and Social Democrats) is the only possible government in the present Parliament, and that a stable government is essential even if its disagreements result in immobilismo (doing nothing). Fanfani has argued that these splinter parties hobble any effective Christian-Democratic program. In the Sicilian elections, the small parties lost almost half their votes, giving weight to Fanfani's thesis...
...Sicilian oil for the Sicilians," cry Communist posters. The Communist accent on oil not only caught the Demo-Christians by surprise, but also caught them divided. President Restivo had a good defense: American participation has been profitable for Sicilians. But the Fanfani men sent down to take over the campaign have let him use the argument only halfheartedly. Up in Rome, important Demo-Christians have a stake in keeping oil production in the hands of the government monopoly...