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Kick Over Every Pot. Lombardo ran a handkerchief-covered finger inside his sweaty collar. With a mocking smile, Party Leader Pietro Nenni handed him a glass of water. "You say that the Marshall Plan ruins our chances of trading with Russia," Lombardo continued. "Do you know what percentage of our imports came from Russia? 1%." A deafening roar swept up from the audience. In a last effort, Lombardo shouted: "To sabotage the Marshall Plan is to kick over every pot in every Italian kitchen...
...Italy's freedom were threatened "directly or indirectly." In Rome, Giuseppe Saragat, overcoming a deep reluctance, brought his right-wing Socialists into the government and became a vice-premier. De Gasperi would now have a comfortable Assembly majority for the first time. The Communists and the left-wing Nenni Socialists had been isolated...
...Western Europe's crisis was Italy. For the past month, the Communists had tried, through strikes and economic disruption, to overthrow il governo nero (the "black Government," i.e., Christian Democratic Premier Alcide de Gasperi's Cabinet). Then for nine days Communist Palmiro Togliatti and Socialist Pietro Nenni attacked De Gasperi in the Assembly. At 2:30 a.m. one day last week, came the showdown...
...under the peace treaty. The Communists, seeing that De Gasperi was safe for the time being, withdrew their own no-confidence motion. The left's obvious strategy: to pin Italy's economic troubles on the Government as an excuse for further strikes and strife. Cried Nenni to De Gasperi: "You'll be sorry . . . perhaps within a few months ... or weeks...
...Parliament, Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni, who often acts as a Communist cat's-paw, called for a vote of no-confidence in the Government of Premier Alcide de Gasperi. The Communists were preparing to re-enter the Government, where their disruptive power at this critical time would be greatly increased. The vote was postponed, but for Premier de Gasperi it was a close shave...