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yO | > : : . 2 ¥ wy -4= a ; ; ’ we wage a war of nerves against Russia and expect her to take In good faith our proposals to the United Nations on atomic energy? When President Truman proclaims the world-wide conflict between East and West, he js telling the Soviet leaders that we are preparing for eventual war, They will reply by measures to strengthen their position in the event of war. Then the cask of keeping the world at peace wtll pass beyond the power of the common people everywhere who want Peace. Certainly it will not be freedom that will be victorious in this struggle. Psychological and spiritual preparation for war will follow financial Preparation: civil liberties will be restricted; standards of living will be forced downward; families will be divided against each other; none of the values that we hold worth fighting for will be secure. Most Americans fear thet the actions proposed by President Truman will lead to disaster, That is why congressional leaders were prepared in advance for the President's message. That Js why the program Was presented piece by piece, and not as an overall program that Americans could look at and Judge as a whole. NC hypocritical appeal to the generosity and decency of the American people should be permitted to draw us Into a commitment for whieh there fs no end in sight. aAmeri- cans are for democracy and for eccnomle recorstruction. AS one American citizen I say: No loan to undemocratic and well-fed Turke :__No loan to Greece until a representative Greek government ts formed and can assure America that that our funds will be used for the Welfare of the Greek people. TO authorize the loans Proposed by President Truman will bring the world nearer to war, To defeat these loans will not bring peace. ¥ recognize that there ts grave danger of eventual war in our present poltcy of arift. Al} nations are responsible for this drift to war; a2) nations must work together for peace. Ne one wants war. If war comes one day, 1t will be because we have tatlea to think on the scale required for Peace, Roosevelt thought on that scale, He foresaw generations of peace and Plenty. ‘Two years later President Truman asks us to look forward to generations of want and war. President Truman-has summoned in 4 Century of Fear. J Say this can be the century of the fulfillment of the American dream. ) This 1s the time for an all-out world-wide reconstruct lor: program for peace. This ts - more -