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Henry a Wallace — Part 4
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"Wallace Sets Up ‘Freedom League’
To Fight ‘Subtle Terrorism’ of FBI
Henry Wallace announced he
as organizing a “Freedom
ague” to combat “the subtle
errorism” he said was being
spread through the country by
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation and the Immigration and
aturalization Service.
Proposing an “informal” league
with headquarters at the’ New .
Republic's offices, 40 E. 49th St.,
allace urged “everyone who
as a specific instance of how
‘he Federal Government or busi- -
pessmen have abridged our free- .
dom to write”-to the League:
“Give the name of the man
- States blac
asked an un-American question,”
he said.
The Third Party candidate for —
President said in his column in
the New Republic that he knew
_of instances where “young men
have been fired because an em-
ployer saw them wearing a Wal-
ace button.” Businessmen have
kept donations to lis campaign
anonymous becausé they feared |
retaliation from. their associates,
he said.
“Stealthily,
over the United||!
fear is creeping,”
Wallace wrote. “So far it doesn’t!
. shoot people. Its method is to .
stifle every progressive thought.
...who put pressure on you or who __ by subtle terrorism.”
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