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...promise of rich oil deposits, perhaps enough to fulfill Italy's own needs and to save her expensive imports. Oil is not the answer to all of Italy's economic problems, but it is a good place to make a start. The question before Premier Antonio Segni's Cabinet last week was whether to entrust the big job of finding and exploiting the oil to the U.S. companies who have the capital and the experience to do the job, or to leave it in the hands of a state monopoly...
...Segni's first acts was to greet the wandering minstrel of neutralism. Jawaharlal Nehru, and to put him straight on one point. "We in Italy," said Segni coolly, "are all for the Atlantic pact...
Summer Survival. Since summertime in Italy, when Parliament is in recess, is no time for overthrowing governments. Segni's coalition should survive for a while, even though it rests on a delicate balancing of opposites and a narrow 16-vote majority in the lower house...
Finance went to Pella's able lieutenant, Giulio Andreotti, who is, however, an outspoken opponent of Italy's badly needed tax-reform bill. Segni balanced Andreotti by appointing as Minister of Agriculture 35-year-old Emilio Colombo, a firm believer in land reform and one of the party's rising young stars. He had something for the left wing, too: the Ministry of Transport, given to Armando Angelini, an ally of Italian President Giovanni Gronchi...
...Segni's government." explained one top Christian Democrat, "is a government of truce between the factions of the Christian Democratic Party...