1955 Press Photo American Ambassador Claire Booth Luce & Prime Minister Scelba

AMBASSADOR CLARE BOOTH LUCE SIGNS AWAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SCELBA FOR ITALY. Unntted Status Ambassador, CLARE BOOTH LUCE, recently sighed a treaty with Italian Prime Ministsr, SCELBA, at the Vimin.le Piklaoe in Rome, in which the U.S. give. Italy $15,520,000 with which to buy American cotton. This sum will not be repaid to the U.S. by Italy, but will be used for reconstruction. The second part of the treaty allowed Italy to use for reconstruction 37 million dollars which the U.S. lent to Italy to carry out her occupation of Trieste. PHOTO SHOWS:- Ambassador CLARE LUCE watches Prime Minister SCELBA agreement in which Italy need not repay the U.S. over 02 million, but will use the money to reconstruct war-torn Italy.

Photo measures 8.25 x 6 inches.

Photo is dated 02-02-1955.

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