Mr. Thornley. Well, I remember one in particular that always reminded me of his general outlook.
One day we got into an argument and I thought I was really going to pin him to the wall, I thought I was going to win this argument.
Mr. Jenner. On what subject?
Mr. Thornley. On Marxism. On the theory of history.
Mr. Jenner. Reconstruct the argument for me.
Mr. Thornley. Well, all right. Let me add this.
When I was in my freshman year in college, in my English class, I believe it was, perhaps it was a history class we had been required to read, it was a history workshop, we had been required to read the Communist manifesto which presents an outline of the theory of the Marx-Engels outlook on past and future history. The dialectical outlook. Oswald was also familiar with this outlook. As to what it constituted we both agreed. Oswald had argued previously that communism was a rational approach to life, a scientific approach to life, Marxism.
Mr. Jenner. This was in argumentation with you?
Mr. Thornley. Yes.
Mr. Jenner. All right.