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2S LG haw ean destiny must band togethor, and organize for otrengtW, Wa havo boen lod toward war by a minority of our poople. Thies minority has powcr. It has i fluenco. It hae a loud voleo. But it dooa not represont tho Amorican people. Ns ie oe pe ieee a During tho last sovoral yoars, I have travolled ovor this country, from ono end to tho other. I have talkod to many hundrods of mon and womon, end I havo had lottore from tons of thousands more, who fool tha samo way as you and I. Most of those people have no influonce or power. Most of thom havo no meana Of oxproseing hots sonvietions, excope by thode voto which has always boon a against this Bho are the citizens who hive had to work too hard at their daily jobs to organize political meetings. Hitherto, they have relied upon their vote to express thsir feelings; but now = poy find vat it 4e hardly re- membered except in the oratory of a political “camped gn Tone poople == the majority of hard-working American citizens are with us. Thoy aro the truo Cif lane atrength of our country. And they are beginning to realize, as you and I, that there aro timss whon wo must sacrifice our normal interests in lifo 4n—erdor to insure tho safety and tho welfare of our nation. Such a time has come. Such a crisis is hero. , That is why tho Amcrica Naat wee an, First Committee has been formed - oo == to give voi voice to the pis ¥ who have no renee Core i gererires s a a Masago at PAS nae heed Adattanakie NEWS PAPET > QE news reel, or radio station at their oon command bf the people who a a ia a must do the paying, and the fighting, and the dying, af this country enters the war. Lepper a ] Whether or not we do enter the war, reste Upon the shoulders of you in this audience, upon us here on thie platform, upon meetings of this kind | that QR er mannreemcemermnt rere are being held by Americans in every eection of the Unitod States today. It agree aT SS pap eR re a pat Car I EP TS IT EEE depends upon the action wo tako, and the courage wo show at this timo. If you believe in an independent dostiny for Amorica, 4f you bolieve that thie country should not onter tho war in Europes, wo ask you to join tho Amorica First Com- mittec in ite stand o mek you to share our faith in the ability of this . £ nation to dofend iteeif, to dovelop ite om civilizations and to contributo to the progress of mankind in a more con Tippee end, inte? sgent way than has yet 4 boon found by tho warring nations of Europe. Wo nood reer support, and we noed it now. Tho timo to act ie here. 3 fad enema melee “ ### -—