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Much of the answer depended on one man: Alcide de Gasperi, Premier of Italy, and head of the Christian Democratic Party. Around him, whether they liked him or not, whether he liked them or not, all anti-Communists were rallied. This tall, lanky man with chilly blue eyes, aggressive nose, a wide, grimly compressed mouth, was the bearer of Christian Democracy's standard-a red cross on a white shield, with the legend: "Liberty...
...voter faces a multiplicity of choices on the ballot, chief among which are: the steadily growing neo-Fascist organization, Nationalistic Social Movement; Alcide de Gasperi's Christian Democrats, the party now in power, backed by the Vatican and the United States; Saragat's right-wing Socialists, who recently broke away from the Nenni left-wing, which is combined with Togliatti's Communists in the Democratic Front...
American support has been firmly behind the de Gasperi conservatives since they came to power in June, 1946. Although de Gasperi has veered steadily farther to the right since he first reneged on his land reform promises after the election campaign, backing from the West has increased to an almost fanatic pitch in the last mouth with a spectacular publicity campaign in the American press, emphasizing the importance of the outcome and the strength of the Communists. This campaign achieved one of its goals in the passage by Congress of the European Recovery Program on April 2. Since then...
...return of pre-Fascist colonies, and speeches by the American Ambassador. The success of this group, working in every parish through Cardinals and priests to get out the vote, may well be the deciding factor in the election, since the apathetic votes represent the potential supporters of the de Gasperi party. The Pope has firmly said that all Catholics must vote, but that no Catholic can vote Communist. His word is carried throughout the Church and emphasized with threats of thunderbolts and damnation...
There is little value in speculation over the possible outcome of the election. Guesses run from 25 to 45 percent for the Communists, but most authorities now agree that it will be closer to the former figure. If his proves true, de Gasperi will not be forced to include the Communists in his government and risk another Czechoslovakia, and he will undoubtedly to able to prevent civil strife with American arms. If, on the other hand, the Democratic Front receives close to a majority of the votes, their exclusion from the new government would lead to civil war which...