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* : - Fal - CLEVELAND _JAN 31 1950 \ . es CLEVELAND PRESS ay, January 30, 1950 page 36, colum 2 —_—_ 4 Mrs. FDR Warns 1 |U. S. of Dangers of |Police-State Fear Instliling “a police-state type of fear” in the American people \ is the greatest danger in fight- 4 ing totalitarianism, Mrs. Eleanor u Roosevelt told an audience of 1200 at Music Hall last night.-: Oné of the “unwise” methods qe ui ‘promoung tnis fear, she said, | mw ute juy any oatn. “Unfortunately, any Commu-. nist would take it without turn- ing a hair. The oath was use less and savored of the fear which we must avoid.” The meeting, sponsored by the Cleveland chapter, Americans for Democratic Action, was held on the eve of the 68th anniver- sary of her late husband's birth and was one of 18 memorial ob- servances scheduled in major cities. ‘ Mrs. Roosevelt cited the ac | tion of Russian delegates to the « United Nations as an example of the fear in which totalitarian people move and even carry with them to this country. “They don't even go to our cafeteria,” she said, “and the only time they show themselves outside the sessions is at parties. They go to them on the theory that we can't poison everybody." 2 ee ee ——— + moe eee eer earners . NOT REO: “MDES a ®. . 45 5&8 9 1350 B6FEBi3 ) a jal- O -A