Evening star., 1948-04-21
Italy
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confederation and threatened to
lead his forces out of 1t. He now
plans to leave Friday for an inter-
national labor conference on the
Marshall Plan at London. He
said that, on his return, there is a
possibility of decisions of special
Importance on our part"
Di Vittorio said he could not see
the WITH breaking up over the
Marshall Plan, but the danger OF
a rupture is not to be excluded"
He said he had drawn two mo-
ttous proposing: that the countries
represented resume their independ-
ence of action on American aid.
The motions will point out that
countries in one WITH area might
have economic interests entirely
different from those OF another.
Returns on Deputies.
Official returns on all but 155 OF
the Al SAT precincts in the Chamber
of Deputies election gave the Chris
tan Democrats 48,7 per cent OF the
vote a total of 1851 SGT. The
Communicated Popular Front had
1895. COL, or 3O.7 per cent. In third
place were the anti Communist
Socialists, with 1,848,826 or IL per
cent.
Final official returns on the Senate
vote gave the Christian Democrats
1o74O,131, or 47.9 per cent: the Popu-
slar Front, $685. ,229, or 81 per cent,
and the anti-Communist SOCIALISTS,
1,580,722, or per cent.
Thus Premier Alcide de Gasperls
Christian Democrats seemed assured
of being able to form government
with the independent Socialists, with
whom they are closely allied in the
present government. The Christian
Democrats apparently do not even
need the support Of the other anti
Communist minor parties.
Anti-Red Vote 17,030,3S6.
The total Communist vote OF
all parties in the chamber race, on
the basis of the nearly complete re-
turns, was 17.030,386, and in the
Senate vote, final official returns,
15,282,582.
The minor party vote breaks
down this way:
Chamber of Deputies: Monar-
chists, 729 ,283; Republicans, 65O,2l7;
Italian Social Movement, 524,967;
National Bloc, 56,078, all others,
539 .488.
Senate: National Bloc, 1854, TAI;
Republicans, 637.443; Monarchists,
6,597; italian Social Movement,
4,646; all others, 278,35l.
The Chamber Of Deputies Is
elected for five years, and the sena-
tors have six-year terms. Thus,
italy seems assured of an anti
= Communist government at least
until 1858, barring unforeseen up
heavals.
, Members of Chambers in Clear.
There still was no certainty as to
the composition of the two chambers
of the legislature, which will elect
the new republics first president
Nav 10. Most politicians here took
it for granted that the seating would
lust about follow the percentage OF
the popular vote, but the elective
system made it too complicated for
any fiat prediction.
On the basis of the popular vote
It appeared the Christian Democrats
would fall just short Of an absolute
majority in the Senate and Chamber.
With its allies-the Independent So
cialists of Giuseppe Saragat, Social
kt Unity, and the Republicans of
Randolfo Pacciardi-however, it ap-
parently will have comfortable mar
gins with which to work.
The combined percentage OF the
three parties in the Senate is 57.S
per cent. In the chamber, on the
basis of this mornings returns, 1t is
Just about the same.
President Picks Premier.
Thus it appeared certain these
anti-Communist forces could muster
enough strength to put over their
candidate for president, whoever he
may be. The president chooses the
premier.
Political experts on Italian news
papers figured the Christian Demo
Gratis probably would get 116 to 11S
of the elective seats in the Senate
with the poNllar Front estimated at