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“5s : Ulver can destiny must band togethor, and organize for strength, We havo boen lod toward war by a minority of our poople. Thies minority has powor. It has SB, fluenco. It has a loud voico. But it dooa not represont tho Amorican pooplo.2 eZ mr ereronneesncmnman During tho last sovoral yoars, I have travolled over this country, from ono end to tho other. I have talkod to many hundrode of mon and womon, end I havo had lottore from tons of thousands more, who fool tho samo way as you and I. Most of these peoplo have no influonco or power. Most of thom havo no means EEE eee nant awa cnrenapemeed beable) of oxprossing thoir convictions, oxcopt by thoir vote which has always boon against this war. They are the citizens who hive had to work too hard at their daily Jobe to organize political meetings. Hitherto, they have relied upon their vote to express their feelings; but now they find that it 46 hardly ree Ce one membered except in the oratory of a political canna Theve poople «= the majority of hard-working American citizens are with us. Thoy aro tho truo biplane r . strength of our coutry. And they ero beginning to realize, as you and I, that there aro times whon wo must sacrifice our normal interests in lifo én-erdor to insure tho safety and tho welfare of our nation. : Such a timo has come. Such # crisie is hero. That is why tho America : a Oppo ‘ First Committee has been formed «= to give voice to the people who have no Sanaa ENTnEDE . “j trate rena wee ere news ir news reel. o station at their command; %t jople w! RENSEGPSE 1. QE news, Feels, OF resto, stat ton at their commands "to the peop must do the paying, and the fighting, and the dying, if this country enters the war. Gpplon ° 4 1 Whether or not we do enter the war, reste upon the shoulders of you 4 in this audience, upon us here on thie platform, upon meetings of this kind that a a are being held by Americans in ovory section of the Unitod States today. It eee A RE PR RR fer NTE AEN me depende upon the action wo tako, and the courage wo show at this timo. If you believe in an indopendent dostiny for Amorica, if you bolieve that thie country should not onter tho war in Europe, wo ask you to join tho Amorica First Com- 4 $ mitteo in ite stand. jo mek you to share our faith in the ability of this 4 £ nation to dofend iteelf, to dovelop its own civilization, and to contributo to 4 the progress of mankind in a more conetructivo intelligent way than has yet doen found by tho warring nations of Europe. Wo nood your support, and we noed = tet it now. Tho timo to act is here. J Mad jon . EE ; + #té ~