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Next day the galleries were jammed as the House began the debate. Within minutes the floor was in an uproar as most of the members began talking or clamoring for recognition at the same time. At one point Missouri Republican Dewey Short leaped to his feet and shouted that the disorder was ''absolutely disgraceful. I demand quiet!" Few heard his cry. and fewer heeded it. It was soon obvious that election-year pressures were more powerful than sound legislative judgment...
Earlier in the evening, speaking on "Law and Politics," Dewey concluded that global war within the next five to ten years seems unlikely, considering the present "stalemate" with Russia...
...attempts by the Russian government to discredit Stalin is a sign of the change in Communist tactics from "aggression" to "intensive propaganda," he argued. "We must be ready to assume world leadership in the new type of economic struggle," Dewey stated, "or, in my opinion...
Russia's present plan is to "play America's own game" of offering aid to underdeveloped countries, while attempting "infiltration," Dewey continued. The U.S. must maintain its influence with its allies and the "neutral nations," he said, to avoid "economic strangulation...
Americans, according to Dewey, must, however, "stop making the world over in their own image," if their efforts are to meet with success. The Soviet Union's proximity and its effective propaganda has affected many of the "neutrals," he said...