ITALY: Great Cordiality

When Italy's Premier Giuseppe Pella took office four months ago, he said that he expected only to fill a summer interlude with an interim government. But once in office, his prestige grew rapidly, and he looked like the man Italy needed in this period. Last week he faced his most serious difficulty—dissension in his own party, the Christian Democrats. He decided to force the issue. He announced that he would resign unless he could count on the complete support of his party. Then he sent for his car and asked to be driven to the home of his old friend,...

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