Through fraud, however, Moscow's puppet government in Bucharest falsified the election results and awarded itself the majority. Maniu understood his fate even before the sentence was pronounced. His impassioned yet poetic plea to the Romanians in the United States, preserved in the Hoover Archives, is evidence of the tenacity of the Romanian struggle. For decades, I have seen you leaving, one by one, for the Promised Land. For decades I have watched you working, struggling, and winning there, as an old father watches his sons living in beautiful houses from his humble home.
Romanian people have so little of it.
From that world that is a model of social and moral organization for us, remember your country and nation. Remember the past, the continuous struggles, the dangers, and the poverty. Remember the beauty of your land, your mountains, your forests and plains, and the simple villages guarded by old churches where your forefathers prayed. Remember always that this is the land where your fathers and nephews live. And remember they are still fighting for the black clouds above the country to disappear and for the blessings of liberty and freedom to replace them.