National Affairs: The Tourists

Three roving Americans roamed Europe on self-appointed rounds last week. The quietest was William Z. Foster, national chairman of the U.S. Communist Party, who padded noiselessly from capital to capital while he conferred with top comrades.

Almost as quiet was Harold Stassen, self-avowed G.O.P. presidential aspirant, headed homeward after an eight-week junket which had touched almost every country in Europe. He had spent most of his time with businessmen, or conferring with political leaders. He had seen Stalin (see PRESS). Last week, in Stockholm, his path crossed Henry Wallace's—the third of the trio. They did not meet. Said Stassen of Wallace: "I...

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