Caption:
Rome General Strike: Police Use Truncheons - A man (right) is struck down by a policeman's rubber truncheon as police broke up a demonstration during the second day of Rome's General strike, Dec. 12. the strike ended at midnight, Dec. 12, when an agreement was reached on the chamber of Labour's demand for a £5,500,000 programme of unemployment relief works. December 14, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).