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Federal Bureau of Investigation “| Hnited States Aepartment of Justice Philadelpnia, Pennsylvania March 7, 1941 Diector, Cerit: 3 Federal Bureau of Investigation, a i Washington, De 0. ° 5 See a eee etter iy ‘Fo=—Ge: MOTHERS OF PENSYLVANIA; i INTSRUAL SECURITY. et ‘iad re RS een RORE, SL rt 4 Se ean nee oe “ t Enclosed herewith is a copyjof the highlights of : < the speech of former Senator Rush D.f Holt, of West Virginia, . d which was made on February 27, 1941, before the mass meeting a of the Mothers of Pennsylvania Branch of the Mothers of America. "Madem Chairman, Mrs. Good end Fellow Americans: I am glad to come to the city that is know as the Cradle of Inde- pendence because I am fearful that if we pass the Lend-Lease Bill, I have come from a city that is the graveyard of American . Independence, And I am glad to speak to the Mothers of Penn- sylvania. I realize that Walter Winchell has said (Boos) (Yells) i that we should be careful of those who use the title of "Mother" in their neme and I want to say‘there is more watriotism and more —aA Americanism in one drop of blood in the Mothers of Pennsylvania aa | ss than there is in the entire body of Walter Winchell, but I have wy more important things to talk about than Mr. Winchell. “3 RECORDED & INDEXEDY, 4 "I want to say that the new foreign poli we by our President is a complete departure from the reDRRAC ERE OTe iy American history. We should refuse to take a new) course. me SEF Invesiisal’. R 8 19 substituting. The present. legi slation, waten T child “aa, o5e- 1941 In my opinion we are actually in the war and iid , people want none of it. (Avplause). I realize t serious charge, but not since the first dey of tht there been a’steo on the part of the Administration in Washing- ° ton to take us away from war--instead they have been dragging b 2 . us closer and closer to that very precipice where we shall be — plunged to the destruction of my country and yours. That is why I object. And I know that the President of the United J States has discussed with individuals in the White House the \ { EKCL € , 7 yw f “A COPIES DESTROYED AN) \ My awenes 45a 2 1972