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That strategy proved to be effective -but only to a point. The Communists gained votes in all 20 Italian regions and came close to winning control of Rome's municipal government. In Parliament, the P.C.I. gained 48 additional Chamber of Deputies seats, for a total of 227 (out of...
The Communists raised one important question during the campaign: can Italy's economic and social crisis be resolved without the recognized participation and cooperation of the 34 per cent of the voting population that the Communists represent? And in fact, the PCI is and has been for some time represented...
All-Night Vigil. Paraplegics have mostly themselves to thank for these improvements. As a result of their agitation, including such demonstrations as an all-night vigil at the Lincoln Memorial in 1973, Congress has enacted legislation to eliminate barriers that impede the mobility, employment, education and recreation of the handicapped...
Late last week Beame was able to defer an imminent strike of hospital workers by delaying the firing of still more employees. Victor Gotbaum, local head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has vowed to lead an illegal stoppage from jail, if necessary, to prevent an...
Wage Restraint. The 11 million members of the T.U.C.'s constituent unions will vote next week to ratify or reject that agreement and, as Healey bluntly put it, more severe welfare cuts than he has already planned could "bust the relationship between the unions and the government." With minimal...