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    "ocrText": "-2-\n3.\nthat\n\"NATIONALI\nARCHIVES AND\n\"A door key-your right to lock your door against illegal government\nRECORDS\nSERVICE\nforce and prying.\n\"A Holy Bible-symbol of your right to worship as you wish.\"\nA pencil-freedom to speak or write what you think, whether you agree\nwith the government or not. \"\n\"And a free ballot-your right to choose the kind of government you\nwant-your protection against government tyranny.\"\n\"These symbols have no meaning in countries where government controls\neverything-for there the individual man or woman has no freedoms.\"\n\"But there are people who are trying to give the U. S. government more\nand more control over American life. 'Let the government start', they\nsay, tby taking over certain industries and services--the doctors, the\nrailroads, the electric light and power companies¹.\n\"We, the business-managed electric companies which publish this adver-\ntisement, are battling this move toward a socialistic government. We\nwant to remind everyone how seriously it threatens every business--and\neverybody's freedom.\"\n3) In addition to appearing in the mass circulation magazines (it was\nfirst used in November 1949 and was repeated in April 1950), more than\n100,000 copies were distributed in every state in the union.\n\"Teachers wanted them for classroom discussions\nministers for sermons\nand for folding into church bulletins Legion posts mailed them to their\nmembers storekeepers displayed them in their windows doctors and\ndentists distributed them to patients Boy Scouts posted them on bulle-\ntin boards large corporations republished them in house organs\nsettlement house workers distributed them door to door. individuals\nand firms used them on Christmas cards.\"\ne.\nIn addition to using mass circulation magazines, ECAP introduced the cam-\npaign into more specialized magazines so that the propaganda could \"concen-\ntrate efficiently on special segments of the population-on, for example,\nthe farm sections, the editorial press, and on those opinion-forming groups\nwhich were regarded as special targets.\"\nCapper's Farmer\nCountry Gentleman\nProgressive Farmer\nSuccessful Farming\nFarm Journal\nSouthern Agriculturist\nFarm and Ranch\nForbes Magazine\nPublisher's Auxiliary\nMagazine of Wall Street\nEditor and Publisher\nBarren's\nAmerican Press\nFinancial World"
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