Evening star., 1948-07-26
Our Troion Horse

WI s'SlSh sIViSS
1t would be entirely fitting If the new
Progressive Party of Henry Wallace and
his Communist followers were to adopt the
Trojan horse as its symbol For the record
of the past week end at Philadelphia makes
it abundantly clear that this new party,
while posing as friend and champion of
the people of America, is committed to
policies which, if adopted, would spell the
almost certain destruction of our political
system.
1t is hard to identity the true place of
Henry Wallace in this new party setting.
Perhaps he is its willing tool Or it may be
that he is dupe, hgurehead subject to
manipulation by the sinister men who are
actually in control of the party's policies.
But it does not matter greatly, for in the
end the result is the same. Whatever the
place of Mr.. Wallace, the party is the en-
envy within our gates and there ought to
be no hesitation in branding it as such.
Mr.. Wallace's acceptance speech is
worthy of attention, more so perhaps for
what it leaves unsaid than for what it says.
One can follow the devious line of this
speech from beginning to end and not find
anywhere one word or hint of criticism of
the Soviet Union. There Is denunciation In
abundance Of our own leaders and our own
policies. Mr.. Wallace has no word of in
dorsement, or even of tolerance, for any,
thing that the leaders of either major
party have done or tried to do. He simply
condemns them and all their works.
But in the eyes of this man, so far as
his spoken words 60, the Soviet govern
ment is beyond reproach. This self-ap-
pointed champion of the people, this advo-
cate OF the dignity and freedom of man.
passes over without murmur of protest
the Soviet slave labor camps, the rugged
elections, the purges in the satellite states
the broken pledges and the provocations of
the Soviet leaders. He ignores the refusal
OF the Soviets to come to any agreement
on the problem of Germany, he closes his
eyes to their fiat rejection of any work.
able program for the control of atomic
weapons, and he passes over in silence the
near-paralyss OF the United Nations which
has resulted from Soviet abuse of its veto
power. Mr.. Wallace can see our own short
comings and he can impute to us variety
OF sins OF which we are not guilty But he
finds nothing in the long record of Soviet
transgressions which he deems worthy of
even passing mention
He tells us that if he were President
there would be no crisis in Berlin today. II
assure you," he says, that without sacri-
f1cing single American principle or public
interest, we would have found agreement
long before now with the Soviet govern
ment." How would he have done this?
Mr.. Wallace does not say. Beyond advo-
eating retreat from Berlin, he sets out
no specific policies or methods by which
he would succeed where others have failed,
The people of this country need not re-
main in ignorance of what Mr. Wallace, If
he were President, would do, however, for
the details are set forth in the new party's
platform, to which he subscribes.
First, he and his party would abandon
the Marshall Plan. This would pave the
way for chaos in Western Europe and
make it easier for the Communists to grab
what is left of that unhappy continent. To
make certain that this country could not
interfere when the Red march begins, Mr..
Wallace would discontinue the draft. cut
back our preparedness program, surrender
our foreign bases and destroy our stock
pile of atom bombs. In short he would
leave the United States defenseless and
helpless to exert any influence abroad.
The next phase of the Wallace platform
Is designed to soften us up from within.
The loyalty check would be discarded. Even
the security checks of workers in defense
plants would 60 by the board The Govern
ment would be forbidden to interfere in
strikes that cripple the Nation and strikes
against the Government itself would be
permitted. The effect of this, and one NAV
well believe that it Is the intended effect.
would be to open the door to ultimate
Communist domination of the economy of
the United States. At any rate, this is
the pattern that has been followed in
Czechoslovakia, in France, in Italy and in
other lands where some native son has
been found who would come forward and
serve as front man for his Communist
The redeeming aspect of the third
party's convention is that it has brought
all of this into the open. The aim and
purpose can be plainly SEEN A vote for
Henry Wallace in November will be a vote
to open our gates to the Trojan horse that
Is waiting to come in.