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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 36
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[Mrs FD. Admits ' ——-
-_ iWork With Reds !
NEW YORK. Aug. 29 (AP).
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt ar) -|
today she knew for a long time
the American Youth congress fol- ' (-
" low
f worked with it just the same.
Her purpose in doing so, she
wrote in MoCall’s magazine, was
to change -the organization's
t - course. . :
The former First Lady said the
experience “was of infinite value
fo me in understanding some of
the tactics I have had to grapple
: with in the United Nations."
+ Mrs. Roosevelt's article was
° fourth installment of a new serles ,
. ‘of memoirs.
C CA of the depression- born A. Y. C., |
- she said
_ . “I had great symnpathy with |
these young people,-even though |
: voy they annoyed me.. In that critical
. 7 ‘ . perlod, growing up was much
. . more difficult than it had been:
at any previous time any of us
could remember, I have never!
felt the slightest bitterness to-.
ward any of them and, as a mat-'
ter of fact, I am extremely grate:
ful for my experience with them.
“I learned what Communist !
tactics are, I know how tnfiltra-/ +
._ 3s tion of an organization is accom: | .
—_ » plished. I understand how cor: |
oe * munists get themselves into’ pasi- \
‘ tions of importance. I under-
stand all thelr methods of objec-
tion and delay, the effort to tire/
lout the rest of the group, then Gon
tarry the vote when all thelr oo
AF MO PS biti Bil Witis Up 7
ponents have gone home. These ripe
tactics are all familiar to me. I 6
know, tos, that no defeat is final.
“In fact, ¥ think my work with :
the American Youth congress was |: &
jof infinite value to me in under- | | vo~ 3! 7 - A
j standing some of ine. egies I f
‘have had grapple w in the|' ;
ietternriste ;
\United N
| !
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ci ‘ This clipping is from
. oe was 23 f, \ the morning edition of
“iP lyin . A The | Washington Times Herald
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