WASHINGTON, April 14--A Congressional demand for criminal prosecution of Henry A. Wallace mingled today with fresh denunciation of his speech-making abroad but President Truman maintained silence.
The House Committee on Un-American Activities looked up the old Legan Act which provides three years in jail and $5,000 fine for a citizen having "intercourse" with a foreign government to defeat an American measure and concluded, in the words of Rep. Thomas (R.N.J.), its chairman:
"It covers Henry Wallace just as you'd cover a person with a cloak."
Wallace has been making speeches abroad assaulting Truman foreign policy, notably the $400,000,000 program to bolster Greece and Turkey against communism.
Thomas declared that "It's as clear a case as I've ever seen" and that Attorney General Clark "has no alternative but to take action.
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