THE NATION: The World Changes

So swiftly is the cold war moving that the President of the U.S., only 22 days confined to Walter Reed Hospital, came out to find a changed world scene. Workers protesting Communist rule in Poznan, Poland locked arms and marched into the fire of Communist police and militiamen, shouting "We want bread!" and "We want freedom!" (see FOREIGN NEWS). The Poznan revolt clearly heralded more trouble to come for the Communists as their Big Thaw got out of hand. Criticism was pouring into the Kremlin from Communist parties in Britain, Italy, Canada,...

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