Far more than in the U.S., the cries of Hungary's agony reverberated through Europe. They even penetrated the closed world of Communism. Across Europe, veteran comrades resigned in disillusion; party leaders struggled with protests and outright rebellions.
In France, the beleaguered Communists tried a desperate show of defiant strength. They ordered their strongest instrumentthe Confédération Générate du Travail, whose 1,000,000-plus membership makes it the dominant power of French labor, to pull a nationwide, one-day strike. "Let us unite to stop fascism," they cried, meaning by fascism the resistance of all Hungarians to the Russian tanks. Last week the walkout came....
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