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    "ocrText": "\"History has shown us how the spirit of revenge following\nthe assassination of President Lincoln sowed seeds of disunion\nand hatred that plague us to this day.\nTHE WANDERER\n\"Now is the time to check, firmly and unitedly, the cur-\nrent spread of hate propaganda.\"\nThe\nIN a remarkable address before the Seventh\nPersonally, I feel this is the sane approach to the problem\nNational Convention of the Catholic Youth\nthat is confronting us today. We dare not panic; we dare not\nOrganization in New York City on Saturday,\nengage in an illegal witch hunt or unconstitutional recrimina-\nNovember 16th. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover\ntion. Instead, we should back our law enforcement bodies of\ndeclared inter alia:\nthe United States, especially those Congressional Committees\n\"Nowhere in recent months have our pcople\nthat are trying to expose communism, and then we should put\nfaçed a more explosive condition of shame and\nviolence than among the hatemongers, the moral\npressure on Congress to enacc laws that will outlaw communist\ndegenerates, the lunatic fringe and the other irra-\nactivity in the United States.\ntional fanatics who preach a doctrine of hostility\ntoward their fellow man. This rabble has sown\nOur President is dead because we have not dealt firmly\n&\nthe dragons' teeth of malice and intimidation, and\nwith the communist threat internally. Don't ever forget that\nfrom the ground has sprung a series of hate-driven\nLee Harvey Oswald would have been among the first to be\nriots, bombings and desecration.\"\narrested, had the government rounded up the communists\nMr. Hoover clearly pinpointed who, exactly,\nwhen they failed to register as agents of the Soviet Union,\nare the hatemongers. He calls them the \"enemies\naccording to the law of the land.\nof our Republic. He lists \"the crime syndicates,\nthe narcotics peddlers, the labor racketeers, the\nunscrupulous businessmen, the corrupt politicians.\nThe work of Christian Crusade is so important. We have\nand all others who blatantly defy the laws of the\ntried to make the people government-conscious and security-\nLand. \"These are the hatemongers,\" he says,\nconscious. Apparently we have failed in making the govern-\n\"and the false liberals who would subvert our\nment sufficiently conscious of the communist conspiracy to\nConstitution and undermine our democratic proc.\ndeal firmly with the internal conspirators in time to save the\nesses in furtherance of their selfish ends.\"\nlife of the President, However, I can truthfully say, in spite\nAnd who besides these? Let Mr. Hoover tell us:\nof the communist inspired persecution and liberal-instigated,\n\"They are the Communists and other subver-\nimmoral smears of the past two years, we have earnestly en-\nsive elements who wave false banners of legitimacy\nand patriotism while relentlessly plotting to de-\ndeavored to do our best. Educational movements such as\nstroy our heritage of freedom. Communism, in\nChristian Crusade that are designed to tell the people the truth\nall its forms and in all its variations, is the avowed\nabout communism in other countries and to make our people\nenemy of liberty and of justice and of God. The\nmore patriotic-minded, certainly deserve the prayers and sup-\nCommunists FEAR free and independent thought.\nport of the American people. Once again these conservative,\nThey FEAR truth. They FEAR God even though\npatriotic forces loom as the hope of America.\nthey deny Him. They FEAR the inherent courage\nand dignity of man created in His image.\n\"Make no mistake about the Communists in\nWe must uphold the law. And, let all conservatives re-\nthis Country,\" Mr. Hoover continued. \"Whether\nmember we stand for law and order, Christian morals and\nthey are members of Soviet-bloc diplomatic estab\ndue process of law. We will never take the law into our own\nlishments in New York and Washington, or\nhands; we will never circumvent the law; we will uphold the\nwhether they are fanatical adherents of the Com-\nlaw; we will dedicate our lives to supporting a society by law\nmunist Party, S. A., all represent the same\nand not by emotions. We have laws on our books today suf-\nideology of treachery, deceit, and subversion.'\nficient to take care of the communist conspiracy if they are\nThey are, in fact, the principal hatemongers, the\nenforced. It is not new legislation that we need, but it is law\ndisciples of discord. the fomentors of social unrest\nand civil disturbance. And their growing influence\nenforcement that we need. Let us be careful that we obey\nmust be clearly recognized and fought, says Mr.\nthe law in every detail as humanly possible.\nHoover. Logic and decency must speak out in\ndefense of truth. No problem is so acute, no crisis\nso severe, says Mr. Hoover, that the Communist\nCONCLUSION\nterror \"can be tolerated in a society of free men.\nIn meeting this crisis, \"we must look to God for\nWe cannot mourn forever. We have lost our President.\nguidance and Inspiration. And he continu2s:\nA communist took his life. We must go forward. We must\n\"Do not hesitate to speak out and bring public\nlook to God for strength. Today the ancient advice to the\npressure to bear upon negative influences within\nyour communities. We must never become so\nchildren of Israel as they faced the flood waters of the Red\naccustomed to filth or so intimidated by the advo-\nSea to \"scand still and see the salvation of God,\" has rung in\ncates of so-called *worldly reality' that we fail to\nmy mind and heart. This is a time to see God perform His\nrevolt against corruption and decay.\nmighty miracle. God will lead this country if we will only\n\"May you always protect America's heritage of\ntrust Him. We must look to God for Divine strength for the\nfreedom. May you, with God's holy guidance,\nnation and for us as individuals. We must accept God's will\npreserve and strengthen that priceless heritage for\nin our lives as a nation and as individuals. We must obey\nthe generations yet to come.\"\nGod, support God's cause, the cause of freedom as advocated\nby Christian Crusade. May God bless America is my prayer."
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