Smyrna times., 1950-09-28
CRUSADE FOR
FREEDOM DRIVE
Campaign in State Gets I'm
derway As. Governor CarveI
Signs Freedom Scroll
DISTRIBUTE LETTERS

IN the nationwide CRUSADE For
Freedom campaign this week by
signing the Freedom Scroll and
urging Delaware citizens to be-
come soldiers of freedom" in the
campaign against communist pro-
paganda. Scores of other Delaware
leaders have already endorsed the
Crusade For Freedom campaign,
which will close in the state on
October Is. Heading the state
campaign is Willard D. Boyce, of
Dover.
County Set Up
Serving on the Kent County ex-
ecutive committee are George w.
Wright of Smyrna, William B.
Simpson of Camden-Wyoming,
Herman C. Brown of Harrington,
and Carl ]. Fox of Dover, all of
whom are also serving as local
chairman in their own commune
ties. Locally the campaign was
launched by the sending of over a
thousand letters to the residents
of this area by chairman George
w. Wright. The letter tells the
purpose of the Crusade For Free
dom and the job to be done in
Smyrna. The letter follows:
My Dear Fellow American:
Do you love America, Freedom
and Democracy, and all for which
they stand? DO you realize That
our way of life is possible only if
we remain free? 1 know your
answer to both of these questions
is an emphatic Eyes" but, do you
know all around us there are SUBJ
versive elements that would en-
slave the world, and communist
propaganda is rampant. Isn't it,
about time that we did something
about the false statements and the
Big Lie" of the propaganda. 1t
will take you but two minutes to
read this letter. 1 hope you will
take time to hear me out. During
the week of October first, citizens
of the Smyrna area will be called
upon to mobilize in battle
against communist propaganda
The campaign is the Crusade For
Freedom. Under the Craftsmanship
of George w. Wright, and with the
cooperation of the Senior Civics
Class, residents will be asked to
hurl their full weight against the
iron curtain in one of the greatest
national propaganda and psyche
logical warfare campaigns ever at
tempted.
Too long we have listened to
communist propaganda with dor
mant attitude toward democracy.
We need a positive approach to-
ward democracy, and through the
Crusade For Freedom every Amer
lean has an opportunity to take
an open stand for democracy.
The national organization is
headed by General Lucius D. Clay,
and among its members are Joseph
c. Grew, General Dwight Eisen-
hover, Sen. Herbert Lehman, Hen
ry r. Luce, James A. Farley, A.
A. Berle, Jr., William Green,
Charles P. Taft, Francis Biddle,
Arthur Bliss Lane, and General
Hugh A. Drum.
Before joining this campaign be
sure you understand the part you
are asked to play. At various sta
tions in the community Americans
will be asked to sign the Freedom
Scroll, bearing the following de-
claration of Freedom:
'T believe in the sacredness and
dignity of the individual"
ct believe that all men derive the
right to freedom equally from
God"
ct pledge to resist aggression
and tyranny wherever they appear
on earth"
'I am proud to enlist in the Cru
sade for Freedom"
'T am proud to make the Free
dom Bell possible, to be a slgner
of this Declaration for Freedom,
to have my name included as a
mart of the Freedom Shrine in Ber-
lin. and to join with the men and
women throughout the world who
hold the cause of Freedom sacred"
Every signer will have an oppor-
tunity to make any voluntary con-
tribution desired. Contributions
received will be used for a twofold
purpose. First, to pay for the 20
ton Freedom Bell, around the base
of which is paraphase from Lin
coins Gettysburg remarks. "That
this world under God shall have q
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