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NY 100-25857 ' “many parts of the world, and though many of them are not, it is also true that many are Communists. They represent a new way of life in the world, a new way that has won the allegiance of almost half the world's population. In the last war they were the first to die in nation after nation. They were the heart of the underground anti-fascist movement, and city after city in Europe displays monuments to their heroism, They need no apologies. They have been and are the solid core of the struggle for freedom, And today in America we proudly fight to free the eleven leaders, the Communist leaders, of the American working class, a8 well ag many others who suffer bitter persecution. In this struggle for peace and a decent life, I am sure that ; “we shall win. One simple reason why we shall win is that our friends are so much more numerous than our enemies, There are millions and millions all over the world whe are détermined never to give up the fight for freedom, decency, equality, abundance and peace, ; "And surely this conference will give the déepeat hope and courege as the spokesmen of the millions of people throughout the globe, the mass of working humanity in every land-- in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, pledge themselves anew that the Truman Plan for the world shall not prevail, that peace shall conquer war, thet men shall live as brothers, not as beaste. - — —_ "Unified, I am sure that we can beat back the attacks against the living standards and the very lives of the people, that we can stop the drive toward fascism, that we can halt the chariot of war in its tracks, And we will help to hedne FA wees Aen thea wrnientA the dreaama nue fathaens Aenean A af ae eee WY Be ek a OO oe AROS Groaned wi iands that are free, of people growing in friendship, in love, in cooperation and peace. This is history'a challenge to us. I know as do you that we shall not fail." . a "New Masses" is cited as a Communist front by the Special Vommittee on Un-American Activities, reports dated June 23, 1943, and March 29, 1944. The "Daily Worker," an East Coast Communist newspaper, on January 25, 1948, announced that the magazine, “Masses and Mainstream,” was to be a new monthly cultural magazine formed by merging the publication, "New Masses" and "Mainstream."