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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 36

59 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 59 pages OCR'd
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[Mrs FD. Admits ' ——- -_ iWork With Reds ! NEW YORK. Aug. 29 (AP). Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt ar) -| today she knew for a long time the American Youth congress fol- ' (- " low f worked with it just the same. Her purpose in doing so, she wrote in MoCall’s magazine, was to change -the organization's t - course. . : The former First Lady said the experience “was of infinite value fo me in understanding some of the tactics I have had to grapple : with in the United Nations." + Mrs. Roosevelt's article was ° fourth installment of a new serles , . ‘of memoirs. C CA of the depression- born A. Y. C., | - she said _ . “I had great symnpathy with | these young people,-even though | : voy they annoyed me.. In that critical . 7 ‘ . perlod, growing up was much . . more difficult than it had been: at any previous time any of us could remember, I have never! felt the slightest bitterness to-. ward any of them and, as a mat-' ter of fact, I am extremely grate: ful for my experience with them. “I learned what Communist ! tactics are, I know how tnfiltra-/ + ._ 3s tion of an organization is accom: | . —_ » plished. I understand how cor: | oe * munists get themselves into’ pasi- \ ‘ tions of importance. I under- stand all thelr methods of objec- tion and delay, the effort to tire/ lout the rest of the group, then Gon tarry the vote when all thelr oo AF MO PS biti Bil Witis Up 7 ponents have gone home. These ripe tactics are all familiar to me. I 6 know, tos, that no defeat is final. “In fact, ¥ think my work with : the American Youth congress was |: & jof infinite value to me in under- | | vo~ 3! 7 - A j standing some of ine. egies I f ‘have had grapple w in the|' ; ietternriste ; \United N | ! Ugh Ye ci ‘ This clipping is from . oe was 23 f, \ the morning edition of “iP lyin . A The | Washington Times Herald
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