Abstract

Editorials

The article presents several political issues. The inquiry by the U.S. Senate International Security subcommittee into possible Communist infiltration of newspapers which opened in Washington on January 4 has raised a great public issue just as Congress reconvenes and the U.S. Presidential election year of 1956 gets under way. The outcome may well determine whether the domestic cold war which began to abate with the temporary eclipse of Senator Joseph McCarthy is to be resumed. According to another information, the international implications of the French elections bode no good for the Western coalition. The gain registered in the Assembly by the Communists signifies increased pressure to get France out of the alliance altogether. The victory for the Poujadists is a victory for a party that doesn't even want to pay taxes for schools and roads, much less armaments.