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THE PEOPLE HUNGER
professed liberalism, William Henry Chamberlain, in his ex-
cellent article "The Crisis of Liberalism", which was entered
in the Congression Record, says:
"So it becomes a crime, in the eyes of a liberal magazine, to
try to ward off what is at best acute malnutrition, at worst star-
vation. As for PM, with its loudly professed code of humanita-
rian ethics, it gives a daily exhibition, in its attitude toward relief
for central Europe, of nazism in reverse, of a positively sadistic
desire to inflict maximum suffering on all Germans, irrespective
of their responsibility for Nazi crimes." 87
"Liberals" have, however, indulged in some relief activities.
Here is one case, as reported by correspondent Philip Warden:
"Washington, D. C., June 6 (1946)-The emergency food
collection committee headed by Henry A. Wallace, Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, and Herbert Lehman, has collected $323,000 in cash
and is incurring an estimated $300,000 in administrative expenses,
Chairman Wallace reported to the senate small business committee
today."
"Wallace listed among the 'estimated cash requirements' for
the two month campaign which is expected to wind up by July 1,
$75,000 in salaries, $45,000 in travel and subsistence claims, $115,-
000 for publicity, materials, and stationery, $28,000 for com-
munications, and $20,000 in state and metropolitan organizational
expenses." s