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...little bust of Lenin on the podium and the presence of Moscow's cadaverous Ideologue Mikhail Suslov (who brought it), not a single picture, statue or reference to Russia's Communist heroes, past or present, could be seen or heard. Instead, what hook-nosed Secretary-General Luigi Longo, 65, was promoting was something that he styled "the Italian road to socialism...
...prosperous and conservative Italian working classes. Communist Party membership has wilted from its postwar peak of 2,145,317 to 1,615,296, and the slippage among youth groups (off 60%) and in the factories has been even more drastic. Seeking to match the mood of the new masses, Longo suggested a nuova maggioranza (new majority) that would unite Communists, Socialists and left-wing Christian Democrats behind a platform demanding nothing more doctrinaire than better economic planning and fewer monopolies. Over objections from some hard-lining delegates, Longo hinted that his merged party might even be willing to change...
DONALD A. LONGO...
Italy's Reds, who comprise the largest Communist Party in Western Europe, were openly worried by the dumping of the man they had both criticized and supported. Party Leader Luigi Longo said: "The manner in which these changes at the top of the Soviet Party occurred leaves us concerned and critical." Fearful that the new Russian leaders might get overly tough with the West, and thus spoil his party's chances in Italy's nationwide local elections next month, Longo harped on Khrushchev's "peaceful coexistence" line and desperately reminded Italians that his predecessor, Palmiro Togliatti...
...Italy at least, Togliatti's aims were quickly taken up. Last week his successor, tough ex-Partisan Luigi Longo, 64, went on television to appeal to the Catholics of Italy. Said he: "We hold it unjust to consider religion merely as an instrument of the conservative classes." If Togliatti's will is properly probated, the Italian Communist Party could very well find a place in some future government...