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oti ACE dy - To Founding Convention of ° PROGRESSIVE PARTY OF .EASSACHUSETTS H otel Bradford, Boston, April L Hare PFO CONTAINED ae an i. ER es aad Lal Ny fellow americans: PATE? 2 ly 2 BY Cp Ls 1S) “e who mect here today are citizens of the greatest, the richest, the most noverful nation in the world. . “e meet as citizens of a great Cemocr: cy, and it is our vurpose to preserve, to protect, and to extend democracy. yet we meet as. citizens of a nation «ich is shaking with fear. “e haven't been struck b” enemy bombs. Ye haven't folt the ensjaught of invading forces. “ge aron't shaking because our shores, | evr land, or our neonle have been attacke4. ™e are trembling from the attacks of headlines and cormentators, ve are the victims of an ovtrageous canpainn to create fear. The cammaign has been planred br men who kno~ the planning art - by military men and big business men. They are attenpting to frichten us into united sunvort of their efforts to militarize america ‘and completely do -inate our economy, as they extend the influence of private imerican interests all over the world. | They have already frightened millions upon millions of our fellow citizens into silenc?. They have made it dangerous to talk pack. They have *roucht us to the stage “here many peoole are afraid to voice their honest convictions for fear of losing their jobs. In such an atrosvhere the very foun'ations of our democracy are entangered, ani I want to reveat today what I have saia many - times before, (more Ne