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...bitterest opponents were in accord. All Italy joined in showering farewells and good wishes upon the twelve Italians who are to negotiate the funding of their country's 50 billion lire ($2,000,000,000,) War debt to the U. S., under the leadership of Count Giuseppe Volpi* di Misurata, Minister of Finance...
...Commission embarked at Naples aboard the Duilio, Italians considered it a good omen that Count Volpi is, strangely enough, "a self-made business man." His title was conferred upon him by King Vittorio Emanuele as a reward for his highly successful governorship of Misurata in Italian Tripoli. And it is well known that as a boy he was obliged to earn his own living as the result of financial reverses which had befallen his family...
...Rome there had been farewells pregnant with import and seasoned with emotion. Count Volpi was closeted secretly with Benito Mussolini just before his departure. And the whole Cabinet except Mussolini, assembled at the station to see him off. There was kissing. There were cries of "Viva Volpi! Viva Italia...
Reports from Rome had it that Finance Minister Volpi would head the Italian Debt Mission...
...Washington contributed a report that the negotiations would be opened at that city about Oct. 15. Said Count Volpi...