Word: parri
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They could do no more, on any question, than applaud and advise. The assembly had no final powers; it was only the first step toward a real Parliament. But Italians took heart. In louder, firmer tones than he had mustered at his inaugural address, Premier Ferruccio Parri wound up the session with a backpat for the "high degree of maturity shown . . . in this first trial run in democratic representation." A scheme of electoral law would be put before the assembly within the month; free elections and a constituent assembly were one step nearer...
...days later Romans were startled again. Stooped, sleepy-eyed Ferruccio Parri, Italy's middle-of-the-road Premier, had issued an extraordinary statement: there was no foundation to rumors of a rightist plot aimed at overthrowing his three-month-old compromise Government...
...Romans knew better. The plot had been laid, but had not been hatched because too many knew about it. Clearly, Premier Parri had issued his statement to prevent the rumors of a rightist uprising from becoming the excuse for a leftist outbreak...
...Edged Sickle. Italian Communism is a two-edged sickle: 1) the Party, as represented by longheaded, Comintern-trained Palmiro Togliatti, Minister of Justice in Parri's coalition cabinet; 2) L'Apparato (The Apparatus), a secret organization, set up for strikes and possible violent action. L'Apparato is reputedly bossed by Italy-born, Russia-naturalized Ruggiero Grieco...
...first day in office, Italy's new Premier, Ferruccio (Common Man) Parri (TIME, July 2) was bothered by a clerk who kept .addressing him with the customary title of Eccellenza-Your Excellency. When asked how he should be addressed, the Premier answered: "As I happen to be a professor, why not just address me as Professor Parri?" Two days later the Council of Ministers, led by Socialist Vice Premier Pietro Nenni, voted unanimously to abolish the title of Eccellenza...