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points of view so they can intelligent choice
ability of the people to make that choice
don't believe in self government
happens under these efforts to guide or control
ideas is this.
l. II puts extremists in the saddle
government calls Linus Paung to public
hearing and by inference having pushed
given and him of associating with people
using him propaganda useful to the enemy then
only the willing the price
stay effort The moderaes who believe in what he
working for take The result is that
extremists in both take If there are any
the supporting they of course
in. other side, all who opposed to what
Pauing advocating and the reeloades of our So
cety climb aboard the bandwagon having government ap,
prevail great citizens silent and avoid
all participation they the price that Paung mas
pay for his views.
Congress- a may be- single Sena-
tor grant and decides what is
permissible thought propaganda is impossible to imagine
deadly life 1.-THE products of such
methods fear conformity suspicion and paralysis we ha
ten of this sort of thing under Mccarthy and we watched
in horror formerly free-Jonng creatvey thinking people
quaked intense make rational thinking for all
but very impossible.
sought be justified because of temporary crisis
(such the Korean War; not stopped becomes
institution ito supervise in perpetuty the political purity OF
voluntary association Those who give their reason Tor
invoking the right question individuals pending danger
what they began and have sought to freeze rights
discussion and association the level of public hysea
Fortunately have only partially succeeded thus far
It defeats the end it is invoked to achieve.
Those them support methods do so, they
say, make fast national security.
believe security largely if not entirely,
of the people each other their mental and their
devotion to personal liberty and to freedom.
you Tom everything you have done in the
Pang the Abrams leads the undermining
of Americans faith and trust in each other.
Further, you said plainly although not in
words 1--WE have people thinking for themselves such
matters tests Your treatment of Paung
has all who would him notice that they must
be called before Congress and the entire Nation and
TV) compelled upon penalty punishment
to
imagine stop very bravest any
Their thinking action along these lines and like uffocatng
fog, will spread and ste individuals in other
important of national life In fact the vital
and important the segment the greater will be the deadenng
effect.
Possibly the greatest damage the destruction of the
the Individual of his rights and responsibilities
Congress in effect to the individual ut is not
responsibility citizen contribute the benefit of
knowledge and thinking to the solution of public
problems but contrary it disloya do what
you disagrees with what decided 500
you doing and advocating might be all right in
Communist country where the State all ALL
Nation strikes at the taproo of of
life line around the individual and have said
but further Gov
eminent may punish mans illegal acts but his mind and
from governmental restraints This
strength and glory and out of it have
multiple has shown