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Congressional reaction to the newest turn of the European war was reserved, except among the isolationists, who took it as another and conclusive reason why the United States should avoid all connection with it. «It's a case of dog eat dog,» said Senator Bennett C. Clark, Democrat, of Missouri. «Stalin is as bloody-handed as Hitler. I don't think we should help either one. We should tend to our own business, as we should have been doing all along. The whole business shows the absolute instability of European alliances and points to the necessity of our staying out of all of them.” Senator Harry Truman, Democrat, of Missouri, suggested that the United States help which ever side seemed to be losing. „If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don't want to see Hitler | victorious under any circumstances. Neither of them think anything of their pledged word.“ Senator William J. Bulow, Democrat, of South Dakota, said: „My notion is that if we just let Europe alone and stay out we are not going to get into any trouble. I would not be in favor of helping Russia at all. Hitler will soon have So much territory he will have plenty of trouble handling it.“ Senator Elbert Thomas, Democrat, of Utah, said the conflict raised questions that „we shouldn't decide today.