The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-28
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Next week is Crusade for Free
dom Week in Mississippi. Cover
nor Fielding l.. Wright has issued
a proclamation to all citizens of
Mississippi asking them to sign
the freedom scrolls which will be
circulated at that time throughout
the state.
The mayors of each community
in the various counties throughout
the state have been named by
Gov. Wright to head the drive
in their communities.
Carried elsewhere on this page
is q proclamation from the mayor
OF this community among others
- asking our citizens to sign the
freedom scrolls.
When you enroll you sign this
Declaration of Freedom"
II believe in the sacredness and
dignity Of the individual.
Ibelieve that all men derive the
right to freedom equally from
God.
pledge to resist aggression and
tyranny wherever they appear on
earth.
81 am proud to enlist in the
Crusade for Freedom.
am proud to help make the
Freedom Bell possible, to be a
signer of this Declaration of Free
dom, TO have my name included as
a permanent part of the Freedom
Shrine in Berlin, and to join with
the millions Of men and women
throughout the world who hold the
cause of freedom sacred"
These scrolls which you sign
will then be mailed by your ma
yor to the national headquarters
where General Lucius D. Clay will
take the scrolls from all over the
United States and permanently en-
shrine them in the base OF the
giant lotion freedom bell in the
city Of Berlin on United Nations
Day, October "a. On the bell will
be inscribed: THAT This World
Under God Shall Have A New
Birth OF Freedom" These words
baraphrase Lincoln's famous
words at Gettysburg and will
stand as tribute to those today
who are giving their lives in the
struggle for human freedom. The
bell will stand as q permanent
symbol Of the free worlds deter
mination to resist Communist ag-
gression.
The first clap of the Freedom
bell will be carried by radio to
free people everywhere in the
world. At the same moment bells
will ring out all over America and
western Europe in dramatic de-
monstration Of unity for freedom.
It costs nothing to sign the
freedom scroll.
II you wish, however, you can
back your declaration for freedom
UP with a token contribution,
however small, to Radio Free Eu-
rope, hard-hitting, citizen sup
ported freedom station" in wes-
tern Germany. This station went
on the air on July 4th with native
language broadcasts to Czechos-
lovakia and Rumania. Similar
programs were soon added and
beamed to Poland, Hungary and
Bulgaria, right up to the back door
of the Kremlin, six hours day,
seven days week.
This program of Radio Free Eu-
rope has been supplementing the
State Departments Voice of Am
erica with people-to-people pro-
grams.
Your contribution will help ex--
pand Radio Free Europe into g
network of freedom stations car,
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truth to enslaved peoples.
Gen. .iay says: "The Crusade
for Freedom is a Spiritual Air.
lift. BY working together, we
can all help to put freedom ano
the free world on the offensive"
We believe that all of our read
ers will agree that America needs
truth to combat the lies from
as much as anything !se, an in
diligently planned program O
Moscow. To date they have best
ed us in the field of propaganda
The Crusade fer Freedom
should serve to make the peoples
of Soviet Russia and western Eu
rope aware of our American ideals
and principles. If it does that ther
ct is certainly worthwhile.