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...Deputies who fanned out before him in the high, oak-paneled chamber had Amintore Fanfani's fate in their hands. It was up to them to accept or reject him as Italy's new Premier. In the dry, precise style of an economics professor (which he once was), 46-year-old Amintore Fanfani outlined a substantial program: more government housing, another 65,000 schoolrooms, stone-clearing projects in Sardinia and reforestation in the mountain districts, cheaper loans for farmers, wage boosts for workers, better tax enforcement. These measures reflected his leanings to the liberal wing of his Christian...
From the center benches, Fanfani's colleagues of the divided Christian Democratic Party applauded, but with more politeness than ardor. The rest of the chamber sat in stony silence. Next day, when the time came for debate of the Fanfani program, there was no debate. Not a Deputy rose to discuss...
Doomed Christian. The Communists (143 votes), Pietro Nenni's pro-Red Socialists (75), and the neo-Fascists (29) had already decided to oppose Amintore Fanfani. The Monarchists shook their heads at Fanfani's leftward bent. "He has put too much meat on the fire," said...
Away went the Monarchists' 39 votes. And Giuseppe Saragat's 19 non-Communist Socialists, though they favored every word and comma of Fanfani's program, stubbornly stood against him, too. The 14 Liberals stayed aloof...
...Giuseppe Pella's Cabinet. Fanfani was Minister of Interior, and there got firsthand experience in policing Italy's rambunctious Communists. When Pella fell out with his party, it was Fanfani who pushed for the showdown, and was ready to step in (TIME...