Order by Thimble

On the House side, the show of the week was in Sol Bloom's Foreign Affairs Committee. With a black thimble on his right index finger, Chairman Bloom clicked & clacked for order while Henry

Wallace explained why he thought EGA was a weapon of U.S. imperialism, and a failure to boot. After Wallace read his ten-page attack on U.S. policy, committee members had their innings. Sample dialogue:

Q. Mr. Wallace, do you believe that Communism is a threat to the world?

A. ... I preach the Christian doctrine of tolerance.

Q. You appear to see no immediate danger in Communism as a threat to peace.

A. There is going to be, I believe, a longtime conflict between the Communist way of life and the capitalist way of life ... If an effort is made to get along peacefully, Russia might find a lot in the capitalistic system that could be of service to it.

Q. Would you prefer living under capitalism or Communism?

A. I am living in the United States. I like it here. I am not trying to overthrow the Government.

Q. Would you favor going to war, if necessary, to keep Turkey and the Dardanelles free from Russian domination?

A. If Russia moved in with troops I believe it would be difficult for me to oppose that kind of war. However, I am convinced that Russia has too much sense.

Then wrapping himself in a cloak of political doubletalk, Henry grandly brushed aside criticism of Soviet totalitarianism. "The Russians," he explained, "approach the democratic principle through an economic dictatorship." Said Sol Bloom: "Oh, stop kidding."

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