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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 26

68 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 66 pages OCR'd
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is pot -out by & . fo y Sog jist, ed oreo and. Eis Ueadbataminees™ MW deep uneasiness exists inside Americans as we look on the world. It is not that we have suddenly become unsure of our- cs in a world in which the Sovicc Union has dramatically Guin. tc terrific supremacy. oot Nor thac the same propulsion device that can send a made satellite into outer space canssend a masile carry- a hydrogen bomb across the ocean in eighteen minutes, Nor is the uncasiness only the result of headlines that of trouble between Turkcy and Syria and a war that not be limited to the Middle East. The uneasiness that exists inside Americans has to do the fact that we are not living up to our moral ca- “ty in ghe world. We been living half a life. We have been develop- our appetites, buc we have been starving our purposcs, have been concerned with bigger incomes, bigger tele- on screens, and bigger cars—but not with the big ideas which out lives and freedoms depend. | care facing a danger unlike any danger that has ever ied. In our possession and in the possession of the Russians more than enough nuclear explosives to put an end to life of man on earth. Our pneasiness is the resule of the face that our approach the dSinger is unequal to the danger, Our response to the Wenge of today’s world secms out of joint. The slogans | argwmencs that belong to the world of competitive canal’ daverniontiee—-a world of plot and counter-plot— First of a Series of Statem e Are Facing A Danger Unlike Danger That Has Ever Existed... t t What You Can Do 1 What you say and whit you do make public opinion. Let the patie bo serie you in public office know of your apprebeusions and your hopes. Above all, make your ideas knows to the Presideat of the United States. 2. You can join the signers of this statement. 3, You cun belp make it possible for this stafc- ment and otber statcments like it to appear in newspapers throughout the couniry an the world. 4. You can talk to your friends and neighbors about the points in this message. You cau discuss these amattess in your church or synagoguc, your clib, your school, your union. §. You can fr'l ont toe two coupans below: Send une te the 1 -csident and the ather to the Detroit Coun rtce Fue a Sacte Nuclear Policy. , a el - ee ~ e ents For Americans in A Nuclear Age 100-47 P90 -3 interests of the entire human community through a poc of world science. ' AS (T CONCERNS NUCLEAR TESTING, AMERICA CAN SAY: That because of the grave unanswered questions respect to nuclear test es plesinns—eeps Abs ay i corr the contamination of air and water‘and fyod, and the in; to man himself—we are calling upon all nations to susy such explosions af once; That while the abolition of testing will not by 1 solve the problem of peace of the' problem of armam it enables the world to climinace immediately at lease real and specific danger. Also, that the abolition of te gives us a place to begin on the larger question of arman control, for the problems in monitoring such tests are tively uncomplicated. AS IT CONCERNS OUR CONNECTIONS TO THE REST OF MANKIND, AMERIKA CAN SAY: That none of the differences separating the go ments of the world are as important as the membersh ail peoples i the human family; | That tle big challenge of the age is to develo concept of 4 higher loyalty—loyalty by man to the he community; That t > greatest cra of human history on car within ce. bof all mankind, that the - «no acca that :. be mace. fl ¢ OF halatable, no disean 9 at ea. net lic . no scary | at canner be conquerel “yg a that is req. iced for) ows cee weed eal siren. fe: tae-dire ‘hide OF
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