ITALY Italy 1a 1n the grip of a general strike today, with widespread violence. Thia pneral strike of aix ■illion workers, which the Cc:aaun1ata have called a1 a proteat ~ against the ahootinl or Togliatti, • ~ • • • • de1cr1w •• the worat 1n Ital1 since the early da,a of_.._ llua1O11n1. Today 1n Rme, tbouaanda or Reda aurpd tbroqb the 1treet1 or the ancient capital, cr,1nl - "Re•oluttcml lom •-Ila, to bNr cr1a . . . of tllllled NYOlt throqhoat u. oount17 .~t•r1or ■1n1eter ....._..,._.._ told the ).tqnua bow police guardlnl RGlll 1 1 great electric power atatlcm at Albatla San Salvatore bad been attacked with auna and 'bQiJbl • . . '6ow another 111111110b • • attacking the aoveffll8Dt Nintorc-nta going to the relief of the garrlaon there. ~ The Interior N1n1ater alao told~ three trunk railroad• ~~ leading to ROiie ,, l ~ blocked by exploaiona. And of an A. . anted ■ob attackinl the city•• power station. ITALY -2 ----- The announce ■ ent caused an uproar. The Right ling delegates shouting themselves hoarse with indignation,•• the Communists sat quiet and tight lijped. When the Int. Minister continued, the Co ■ munists took out newspapers and began to read them aloud. The President called the ■ to order; they refused to obey; whereupon the aaae ■bly adjour In Genoa, Italy's largest - port, the go•ern■ ent proclai ■•d an e ■ergency. Leftiat ■ obs set up go•ernaent i ■ placeaents in the ■ ain streets of Genoa. Last night the7 1tor■ ed the telephone exchange and captured the power 1tation, which the police recaptured after a bitter battle. Italians, in many cities, awoke this morniigto find no railroad transportation, electric power reduced to a ■ inimua. Soae cities with none at all. No street care; abopa and offices cloaed. In Ro ■ e, electric power ao curtailed that the go•ern■ ent issued its bulletins on its private radio station in the Viminale Palace, under police protection plus two thousand troops, with tank battalions in support. The de Gaspari government says it is in a strong II!~! -J position. Strengthened by the Marshall Plan; also by ita great anti-Communist victory in the election three month• ago. •strongly confident•, says a Rome spoles ■ an, •that it can defeat this general strike, and restore order, despite teaporary Red Tictories.• And ho• is Togliatti? The Buaaian radio today announced that he was dying. But fro ■ the Polyclinic Boapital, where the Reda are silently parading with flaaa and banner• bearin& the picture of their idol, the Bo ■• goTernaent announces that Togliatti is resting quietlJ, bia condition much better. •Reports ot his death, wbioh are frequently circulated,• says the goTernaent bulletia, "are fal••••~ PALESTIRI The Arab states apparently are thinking it over -- deciding whether to continue war. or work out an arrangement with the D.R. From Beirut, Lebanon, comes word that Arab leaders are now in session talking over the 0.1. demand for another truce; perhap1 en4 the fighting altogether. Lebanese newspapers are saying that ling Abdullah baa been advised by the Britiah to accept the a.I. suggestion; and, that he aay do so. The Leban••• newspapers add tbat,•international aonsiderationa, whose full aianificance escape• the public, aa7 influence the decision to accept a truce.• Also, news fro ■ Jerusalea that Abdullah'• lrab legion ia holding oft -- not attacking-· its officers reluctant to expend any lives until the Arab League decides whether it's to be war or truce. And, ■oat of the other Arab armies are reported quiescent -- waitin1 for further word. PIRSBIIO V , L ~ 1ir Oenerai P~r•hinl ~ be buried with tull ■111tal7 honor~ on llonday, 1n Arlington lational Clll8ter,. Al be always Wllhed. On Sunday the body ot tb• General-ot-tm-Arll1•• wlll 11• 1n 1tate 1n tbe Rotunda ¥ the national capital, to allow tbe pa•11c to PQ 1t1 reapeota to tm ■111tar, - ot wball '"d- -£..-t.«e,,.. .. It t •u.t Ntd: - • nner llad• a ■11taa etlber tn atratea ,. or 1D taottoa. In taot, reaalta ot tbe 1111•• re4ect1nl b11 aclY1oe 1D •1.mteea - - lllbteen. Be - oppoaecl to patlag Ger a, an uatatloe. B• called tor uncondi:t1onal a111Tender traa Oel'III.DY, and be wanted b1a troopa to ■arcb rl&ht tnto Berlin. Otbel'lf1N, Hid . 0-"A.d,n • o h~•---t~ l!Plld be another • r 1n twenty "an.It ~ ~ ~ ~ WTA-4-~ -t:..z. p,,-,_,R.~~. The veteran 1old1er who went to Veat Point trca bia native J1111our1, never loat to11ch with current attatra atter he•• retired 1n ltneteen TWenty-Pour on account ot h1a ap. 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