The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-15
reversed the Bund convictions,

reversed the hNilu ConNiCIohSs
 The whole ease, according Co the latest stall from the Justice Dept ls supposed Co depend upon Q con. meeting link with tho NasiS , The fact s, there are over 100000 connecting links between the Naais doctrines and those preached by the scdition defendants ,, Those links arc about eight feet long, three feet wide and six feet deep, and each contains the body of an Amerie can who gave his life for this country The next thing this reporter expects from the Justice Dept. is lawsuit against the q, 8. Marines for damaging property on Two Jimol A scditionist, ape pacntly, is @ man who has Q constitutional right to urge an American soldier to commit an act for which the soldier would be court t-martiald and shot,
 The country needed Lincoln in 1864, but the whole world needs him even more today IT he were alive now he would be de- nouncing power politics over a mic rophone because he spoke-not only TO the common people--he spoke FOR them And, though the centuries change, the principles particularly Of eviD remain the same Nations, like men, were not born to live in chains,
 
 In the 18th Century Abraham Lincoln fought for the principle that no man had the right to live by an- other mans sweat |. In this cen- tury he would have fought twice as hard for the right of a man any man-to say what he thinks From the man who speaks in the corner drug store to the man who bellows and barks over a national radio hookup,
 The reason is simple To the sophisticated diplomats of the world the common people are only an in- exhaustible supply of general suck CTS To Lincoln the average man supplied the deep faith and hard work which are the backbone to civilization And Abraham Lincoln believed that the least they were entitled to was to know what was going on.
 Since not even his monument is behind closed doors you can bet that if Abe Lincoln were alive today he would be fighting the same fight the fight in which he and FDR were killed in action While there was breath in his body Lincoln would denounce the dirtiest and most dangerous formula of the goth Century: That secret diplo- matic process conducted behind closed doors) by which the blood sweat and tears of the common peo. pie of l946-is being manufactured into the Power Politics War oi 1866.
 If Lincoln were alive today, ht very likely would be under sub' poena to appear before that dis. credited Rankin Un-American com. mittee-and charged with being { subversive Because Lincoln would have dared N) fight for every mans right to make a living-n( matter the color or creed Undoubtedly Lincoln would be at tackled on the floor of the Senatl or House by some Bilboob tor somt supporter of a Gerald L. K. Smith because Lincoln would have tough such men as though they were rat tiers He would have tough them for their intolerance and fol being what they are.
 Beyond a question of doubt Abra' ham Lincoln today would be th' target of some congressional com mittees counsel and called alien minded because he believd that { breadline in any State of the Uniol concerned the entire Federal Gov ernment In his own day hl was subjected to every kind of in suit that could be heaped upoI an American President In fact on a scale equalled only by the at tack upon P. D. Roosevelt.
 Why? The answer is simple
 Like FDR, Lincoln believed i'll square deal for the common man regardless of color or politics.
 These martyrs have gone to thei graves But the hateful bigotr they fought-will require twice many martyrs-before it in tur is laid to rest.
 Sudden thought on Mayor O Dwyer's nasty decision to paraly2 the city: When O'Dwyer makes
 mistake Qike LaGuardia) he make a beaut!
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