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ADDRESS TO THE SENIORS IREQUENTLY, these days, we hear on the streets, and read in the news¬ papers, the arguments over what America is fighting for. It seems to me that the issue is rather clear cut and should require little definition. Many times we have referred to Washington or to Lincoln and possibly ended our discussion with the statement, “There was a great man.” Or we may have thought of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, or any one of thousands of other eminent Americans, and considered their contributions to the economic life of our country. But how many of us have stopped to consider that these infinite contributions to our national life have been possible only because America is and always has been the land of opportunity? Here is what we are fighting for. We wish to preserve for ourselves and for the generations to come, this opportunity to rise to a place of prominence based upon our own sincere efforts. We are fighting for other things too, to be sure—but rolled together they all add up to the preservation of America as the “Land of Oppor¬ tunity.” We are told we must shed blood and tears to win. Here is something worthy of the sacrifice. It is our great American tradition. It has been possible because we have been free and because our national creed that all men are created free and equal is one of the cornerstones of our democratic belief. In a world dominated by dictators, that tradition, that spirit, that belief cannot endure. Nor can it exist in any system where the multitudes become the pawns of the few. In America we have no proletariat. There is no such group here. True, we have working people, but not working classes. In America the sons and daughters of working men can be the statesmen, doctors, lawyers and teachers of tomorrow. There is nothing to stop them, because the opportunity is there. In America, if you have character and courage, you can carve your own career. It is for the preservation of this right that Ameri¬ cans go to war, with victory in their hearts. It is for this right that the war must be won. America must remain the “Land of Opportunity.” Alvah G. Hayes
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