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-Bostan ; , -~ Te Evcry reactionary propagandist agrees that Communi an flourishes in conditions which are unpleasant or miserable for large numbers of people. Yet our foreign policy has not ‘been directed to the elimination of the conditions in which Conurmism flourishes. Quite the opposite. In most ‘sections of the wor'd it has bolstered the veiy forces which maintain such conditions! | ' That is true in Gzrcece. That is true in many Latin Ausricnon countries, That 4s tyue in the Far East. and perticularly in China, It is “rue in lands ixhabited by hundreds of millions of people who are as eager for peace and equality and opportunity as you and I. | Where there is a lack of equality of opportunity for education and jobs, @ lack of individval security, and grossly inequitable distribution of goods; where there are no sharn and artificially created antagoniams and tensions, and where there are no curhs on those who greedily place their personal interests above the jnsercats of tae general Welfare — in such places you Wher. we aay unat the fuliest develcpment of the individual is tho heart of our concez: CF Preecom, the. reactionaries agree. But when we propose that every inci: inal bave the chance for his fullest development, and when we point out thes we mest eliminate his economic insecurities with better social security laws, taen we are accused of “oommunistic leanings." Ths wer who fight every progressive proposal at home are united in their support of our fore4‘g: policy. ‘Their objective is'to fight democratic actions abroud, fiat ot eetuessly eg they fight them here at home. If they wanved to fight Commuaism, bova our dcmestic and foriegn policies woulda be desigued to eliminate the conditions which lead people to choose radical solucicns, If the desire for peace is "communistic,” most of the people of the world are "communistic." (more )