Labor, Then and Now

The Protracted Conflict

I am going to start this column with a quotation: “… all Communists are unprincipled thugs, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and . . . they will do anything at Moscow’s bidding.” Now, if James Burnham had written these words, or Brian Crozier, or William F. Buckley Jr., literary purists might well have criticized the writer for an uncharacteristic crudity of style, but nobody would have been surprised at the sentiments expressed.