Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-06-21
The League for the Liberation Of Lthuania
Speech delivered by p Zuris President League
Liberation of Lthuania, June 1896 BookCadiac
Hotel, Detroit Mich.

THE League. for the Liberation
of Lithuania was organized at Ia
Dor Farm Resort, Sodus, Michigan,
in the summer of 1941, and incor-
porated ! in the State of Illinois.
Soon it's branches spread in all the
leading Lithuanian communities in
America.
It's main purpose is to combat
the enemies of freedom, namely the
Nazis and the Communists, and to
inform the American public of their
true status. In 1912, it held it's
first convention at the Pennsylvania
Hotel in New York, where it had
over 400 delegates from all parts
of the U. S. A. Here it sponsored
the sale of five million dollars in
U. S. War Bonds, and a collection
Of million petitions for the sup
port of freedom for Lithuania. The
sale of bonds and the collection of
petitions accomplished, the Ameri-
can Lithuanian Mission was organ
lied, later, to carry out a broader
program for the purpose of inform
ing the Congress and Senate of the
u. S. about the true status of Lith-
uania and the will of one million
Americans of Lithuanian @descent
that Lithuania's freedom be restor-
ed.
A Congressional Dinner was CIV
en- in November 1914, in Hotel Stat
Ter, Washington, D. C. at which
over 85 members of the Congress
and the Senate participated. Scenes
of Lithuania and her people were
shown on the screen and addresses
were given calculating the problems
of the small nations in general and
Lithuania in particular.
A similar dinner was given in
March, 1915, in the Statler Hotel,
IN Washington, D. C. This was
attended by 125 members of Con-
5ress and the Senate. Here, Charles
Lanius in his speech, pointed out
how nations were CELEBRATED by the
Soviets and what these nations are
receiving from such ''liberators".
Mr.. Oils in his address pointed out
the challenge to democracy in say
ing that peace based on justice
should be pursued rather than that
which favored "power politics." His
speech was recorded in the Congress
sional Record along with talks Civ
en- by four Congressman and two
Senators.
During this interim, it was de-
cided to send observers to the San
Francisco Conference. A. A. Oils. P.
J. Zuris, A. Kumskis and K. S. KaT-
Plus, were chosen. At San Fran
cisco, they soon learned that the
real purpose of the conference was
else but a steam rollei
method of selling out freedom as
decided by the big three at Dunn
barton Oaks, Teheran, and Yalta.
When the Veto power became eff
fectiye, the United Nations ceased
TO exist as the real representative
oodv of all nations; it became
dead issue - manikin to be mani
pulated by the lords of Power Poll
tics at first, and then later as
tool for Communism.
The League for the Liberation
IF Lithuania is now fighting for
The American right, to see that
thousands of our boys have not
lied in vain. They were assured
that this war was fought for free
iom, democracy, and decency.
WHO ARE THE LITHUANIANS
The Lithuanians came and lived
IN the Baltic shores long before the
Slavs came to Europe and centu-
les before the Gauls formed what |
S now known as Germany and |
france. The Lithuanians are nei-
her Slavs nor Teutons, but dis
met branch of Aryans of Indo-
European race. Their language is
losest to the Sanskrit than any