Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-30
Italian Cabinet Falls, 303-26O,
Under Attack by Communists;
Another Political Crisis Opens
Funfuni Forced Out
As ToeIiotti Scores
American 'Meddlinq'
By the Asseeioted Press

ROME. Jan. 30.-Amintore
Fanfani's 11-day-old Christian
Democrat government fell to-
day, opening a new Italian po-
litical crisis.
The government, Italy's thirC
In six months. was toppled wher
the Chamber of Deputies re-
fused to give Mr.. Fanfani a vote
of confidence. The vote against
him was 3O3 to 26O.
Communists. fellow-traveling
Socialists, Monarchists, neo.
FaSciStS. pro-WeStern Demo-
cratic Socialists and even one
of his own Christian Democrats
combined to defeat the 46-year-
old Premier.
Only Two Parties Support.
Only the Christian Democrats
save one trade union member OF
the party, and the Republican
Party, with five votes, stood by
Mr.. Fanfani and his program of
anti-communiSm and social re-
form. The Liberal Party, a
small center group with IL votes,
abStained.
The Stubby, balding Fanfani
stalked out of the chamber i'm
mediately after the vote. Later
today he is scheduled to go to
Italian President Luigi Einaudi
to submit his formal resignation.
Already plans were laid for
starting the now familiar
process by which Italy searches
for a new government. Mon
day Mr.. Einaudi will start his
round of consultations to find
the next premier.
De Casper Considered.
And already the Christian
Democrat press was pointing to
a strong contender: Alicide de
GaSperi, the lean old statesman
who guided Italy through eight
years of stable government after
the war until last June's shat
tering elections. These cost Mr..
de Gasperi and his Christian
Democrats nearly two million
votes. greatly increased the
strength Of the left and right in
Parliament. and broke up the
four-party coalition which Mr..
de Gasperi had welded.
Mr.. Fanfani dashed out bit
terly at the Communists and
pro-CommunistS in the final de-
bate today, calling Communist
leader Palmiro Togliatti and
pro-Communist Social leader
Pietro Nenni "Volga surgeons. u
Just before the vote he cried:
Il will thank God if parlia-
ment frees me of this cross
which have had to shoulder
Replies to Red Jibe.
Mr.. Fanfani. youngest man
called to the premiership since
Benito MuSsolini. denied accuse
tions by the Communists and
their fellow-traveling extreme
left Socialists, that he and his
new cabinet leaned toward
faScism.
Togliatti, who last night
touched off an uproar in the
Chamber of Deputies by attack
ing United States Ambassador
Clare Boothe Luce, had also pro-
fessed to see "spurred boots and
eagled hatS"-Symbols of fas-
cism - at the government s
benches.
Il assure Togliatti that he is
losing his time" reported Mr.
Fanfani today. II have never
used boots and hats with big
birds, but I have seen in recent
photographs the best "a nick
name for TogliattD Italian Com
munist wearing a furry Cossack
hat"
The Premier referred to photo
graphs of Togliatti taken during
his recent visit to Moscow.
TOgliatti's Speech Bitter.
In his speech last night, To-
gliatti labeled Mrs. Luce as
lone Of those persons who bring
misfortune to everything in
which they NEEDLE"
That brought laughs from the
Communist benches. and spanked
a quick rebuke from Mr.. Fan
FAM.
LAS prime minister, I formally
protest this offense against the
accredited representative of q
foreign state" Mr.. Fanfani said
LAS a man. I must lament that
one has not even remembered
the most basic rules of chivalry. ,
Moscow-trained Togliatti de.
clared, many of the words O.
Fanfani have already been sait
by the United States ambassador
here.