Shot Italian Communist Leader Pictured in Hospital -- Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian communist party, who was shot by the Sicilan law student Antonio Pallante, July 14, as he was leaving the montecitorio palace, the Italian chamber of deputies, is seen in Rome's polyclinic hospital, July 28, where he is recovering from his rounds. Pietro Valdoni, the surgeon who operated on Togliatti after the shooting, is at left speaking to him. July 30, 1948.