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...House of Commons spoke, clearly and firmly, for all the West. There was almost complete internal agreement between Government and Opposition, almost complete external agreement between Britain and the U.S. Ernest Bevin opened the debate by saying: "I am not unduly pessimistic, but. . . ." For 95 minutes, he calmly listed the buts...
...Bevin lost his calm tone when he tried to bring home the dreadful day-to-day consequences of the ideological conflict: "[It] is holding up the distribution of food in Europe. Let us fight that out, on some basis, but not on the bellies of the people...
...Eagle on His Perch. Next day, Winston Churchill rose not to reply but to agree. He warmly praised Bevin's conduct of foreign affairs (to Ernie's gruff embarrassment). Churchill scored Soviet propaganda, according to which "all oppression from the left is progression, all resistance from the right is reactionary. . . ." Grimly he warned: "The idea of keeping scores of millions of people hanging about in subhuman state between earth and hell until they are worn down to slave conditions and accept Communism or die off will only breed moral pestilence and probably...
Churchill kept lashing out across the floor, heckling and interrupting while Bevin spoke. Cried Ernie finally: "Party spirit [has] gained the upper hand of national interest ... I have watched Mr. Churchill as a great patriot and half an hour afterward he is a party man. . . ." Snapped Churchill: "We all know that you are the only patriot in the land...
From Laborites came a furious outcry against Churchill. "He is the rudest man in the House!" "Why don't you go home?" "Get out!" "Don't behave like a schoolboy!" Raging, Winston Churchill leaned forward, looked straight at Ernie Bevin, and stuck out his tongue...