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9 ron .Boston q* Oo. FEvcry reactionary propagandist agrees thot Coamuni am flourishes in conditions which are unpleasant or miserable for large numbers of people. Yet our foreign policy has not been directed to the elimination of the conditions in which Conurmise flourisues. Quite the opposite. In most sections of tlc world it as bolstered the vexy forces which maintain such conditions! | That is truco in Groese. Tht ig true ia many Latin Ausvican countries. That ic true in the Far East. ond perticularly in China. It is “rue in lands inhrbited by hundreds of millions of people who are as eager for peace and equality and opportunity es you and I. . Where there is a lack of equality of opportunity for education and jobs, a lack of individval security, and grossly inequitable distribution of goods; where there are no sharp and artificially created antagoniems and tensions, and where there axe no cuths on those who greedily place their personal interests above the $nsercats of <ne general welfare — int euch pleces you Whoo. we sey nat the fuliest develcment of the individual is tho beart of our concert of freedom, the. reactionaries agree. But when we propose that avery in¢di‘*4ual fave the chance for his fullest development, and when we point out they ws must eliminate his economic insecurities with better social ‘gecurity laws, tacu we are accused of “ooumunistic leanings." . The wer vio fight every progressive proposal at bome are united in their support of out foretg: policy. Their objective is ‘to fight democratic actions abroad, fist ef erties. ly es they fight then here at heme. If tho: wanted to fight Communism, botn our dcmestic and foriegn policies would Le adesigued to eliminate the conditions which lead people to choose radical soiuticns. If the desire for peace is *commnistic,” most of the people of the world ere "communistic." (more )