Italian premier treads line on emergency regime
Rome reports say Italy’s Premier Giulio Andreotti weighed an emergency government that would include Communists for the first time since 1947 after a week of political violence. The U S ambassador prepared to depart for consultations as police ringed Rome with roadblocks to curb disturbances. Berlinguer’s Italian Communist Party asserts Eurocommunist independence and parliamentary democracy while Communist participation in government last occurred 18 months after World War II.