Last February 19 at the University of Minnesota, Norman Thomas, six-time candidate for President on the Socialist Party ticket, said, "If Barry Goldwater became President, he would stop the advance of socialism in the United States."
I'm also talking about the greatest issue of all, the absolute necessity that we live under of avoidind war, that is to say, at least large-scale war. We dare not count on any small-scale war remaining small unless we can put it effectively under a police action. Our alliances make it likely that small wars will escalate into large. Now as a matter of fact, whenever I hear Senator Goldwater (I'm not sure how orthodox Mr. Welch thinks him; the last time I heard they didn't quite agree on some thinqs, especially when Mr, Goldwater is looking for votes - well, in any case) I should like Mr. Welch to tell us whether he agrees with the Senator that if we only stand firm, we can so-to-speak bluff or threaten the Soviet Union into doing our bidding; that we can manage our allies by saying, "Thus far and no farther. England, you stop that trade. We'll do what we please, but you do what we say or else we'll boycott you." "Do you, Mr. Welch really think that this kind of thing is-a foreign policy that gets anywhere except toward war?"
A short time ago, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the socialist party ticket, gave a critique on the success of this program when he said the American people will never knowingly vote for socialism, but under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.