Italy Getting Back To Normal

Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1948, Page 5

Italy Getting Back To Normal

Received Sundav, 7 p.m. ROME, July 17. Italy is back to normal for the lirsl time since the atteinpt on the life of Signor Togliatti, the Communist leader, who contimies to improve. Cabinet has decided that the existing laws empowered it to call up Army classes and bring raihvay workers bakers and other specialist employeos into the army to meet any future emerergency like the one just ended. Signor Luigi Longo,, Italy 's Xo. 2 Communist leader, in an article in the Rome newspaper Unita, said the strike and disorders were only a warning. "The agitation direeted by Communist labour leaders and supported particularlv in Xorthern Italy by armed partisans, will continue on a new plane — the plane of a mass politieal and soeial struggle. Only a politieal change in government can relieve the tension and bate the Government 's policy has created, " he said. The article added: "The general strike was a solemu ' warning from the people. De Gasperi and Scelba didn 't hear it. " An Associated Press dispatch from Florenee said 3000 residents of Abbadia ' and San Salvatore fled to the woods on the, slopes of Mt. Amiata vesterday after attacking a telephone station, capturing the polieeman'guarding it, stripping hira and shooting liim in the back of the he'ad. The police are -searching for them, An ftalian Parliamentavy delegation, headed by Signoi- Bonomi, president of the Senate, and Signor Gronchi, president of tlie Chamber of Dfeputies, will leave Rome today on a weelc's visit to London as the .guests of the British Government.