European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes april italian voters seeking food historic decision awaited in election Washington a Italy tormented about the next sunday will make a decision they Hope will Lead to jobs and these with their mixed Hopes and will go to the polls to set up a permanent government they have a temporary one they will do it by electing Mem Bers of parliament a Senate with about 400 members a chamber of deputies with any party which won a major Ity of seats in parliament would run but no one party is expected to get a so any majority will have to be made up of the representatives of several parties voting in this april election More than a dozen parties will have candidates seeking parliament they Range from communists and their the left Wing who prob ably would try to take Over industries to Milder leftist groups to Middleon therond conserva Tives to people who want a King to people who want fascism How parties line up Only the major parties will be listed Reading from left to extreme they Are popular this is made up of left Wing and smaller groups sympathetic to the com All those in this group have pooled their efforts to get As Many seats As the communist Leader is Palmiro Well trained in Pietro old time is Leader of the left Wing so until a year they were part of one Large socialist but they broke off when left Wing socialists decided to string along with Togliatti the Leader of the socialists is Giuseppe these a Strong Force in 1946 in overthrowing the King and setting up a Are a Little left of their Leader is Randolfo Christian this Middleon therond party has huge Catholic its Leader is Alcide de now pre t the right of the Christian democrats Are a number of other including one that wants a and one with fascist temporary Assembly in besides dropping the the italian people a Ted for 556 members of a temporary this Assembly was to run the government until the new and permanent parliament could be chosen on april 18 of this in the 1946 elections the communists got 104x seats in the 556 Man or about 18 per cent of the the were big party 115 or about 20 per cent of the the Christian democrats got 207 or 37 per cent of the this was the biggest vote any one party although it was not a but Between those three socialists and Christian 75 per cent of the the remaining 25 per cent was divided among the other the Christian democrats got haunted by mixed fears and italian people on sunday will go to the polls to Settle the political course of their these travellers Are typical of thousands who will flock into the voting places to make the fateful Choice Between democracy and enough of that 25 per cent to go along with them in parliament to outvoted the communists and but what kind of vote will the parties get april 18 guesses from Italy put it this Way the extreme left popular front 35 to 45 per cent the Middleon therond Christian dem 30 to with the rest divided up other no party or group parties having a Clear major fight will Start to take control of the that fight will be in the first picks a and then must approve the Cabinet of the Man the president names As Heman proves Flop at Romance new York the harmonious Roar of the opening of the circus season there crept one somewhat sad falsetto it from the cavernous Chest of Tihe Gorilla whose poster portraits show him with fangs dripping and Muscles a Heman among Gargantua is a his must remain a wife in name John Ringling North will never hear the Patter of Little baby Gorilla the legend of Gargantua has been built up by press agents for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey the Gorilla is All he and probably like to rip the arms off of his keeper like claws from a cafeteria but that As As his virility a Paunchy female with the kind of figure a Gorilla admires new Post for conductor new York conductor of the Kansas City Phil harmonic Lor the last five has accepted a three 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