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Italy's coalition government fell apart. Deserted by the right wing of his Cabinet, Premier Ferruccio Parri resigned. To Italy's fractious factions he addressed a warning...
...Gianninis, not related, helped bring the crisis to a head. In Milan, Editor Guglielmo Giannini's Uomo Qualunque (TIME, Nov. 26) insistently demanded a new government of nonpoliticians. In Rome, gruff U.S. Banker Amadeo Peter Giannini of California's Bank of America answered a Parri Government request for credits with "Italy's present precarious situation does not permit the safe investment of capital. . . . Without a strong government you will be unable to prevent rioting...
Doris Duke Cromwell, a Rome reporter for I.N.S., stole the show from Premier Ferruccio Parri at his own press conference: while photographers took 20 pictures of her to every one of the Premier, she became so flustered she forgot to take notes on the conference...
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...
...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...