Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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Tat the The government in Russia has crushed all opposition, and abolished freedom with its mili tary might. Mass demonstra- tions, such as this in Moscow’s Red Square, cow the people into submission and typify Communism’s philosophy of fear and force.

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 ? [ LSO treasured by every true Ameri- can citizen are those other principles of American government, so dearly won and jealously guarded—freedom of vote and assembly, freedom of press and of speech. Under these same principles Communism thrives here in our midst. With the protec- tion of our laws, its diabolical propaganda is being spread throughout the country, from lecture platforms, in papers and pamphlets, over the air and on the screen, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Canada to Mexico. Yet, given the opportunity, it would ruthless destroy them all. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” becomes an inane slogan in a Communistic country. The menace of this catastrophe, opposed to everything American, every- thing democratic, is now everywhere about us. It must not overwhelm us. We cannot betray our God, our country, and ourselves. Communism is treason. Its agents are traitors. It must endure no longer! From the Capitol Building in Washington emanates legislation, passed by the freely elected representatives of the people, which protects the democratic principles of free government in the United States—government tinder the motto, In God we trust.

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ftteletvatlon ofi IQeLiqion and TPemoctac p IBERTY is dead in Soviet Russia today. The people are ground into submission, cowed by the military might of a Communistic gov- ernment w'hose basic philosophy is fear. Their homes are wrecked. Their lives are broken. Communism has left only chaos and confu- sion. In America it could be no different. For those of us who practice any religion, it promises persecution and pillage; for its political op- ponents, it offers a quick death or a life of imprisonment. For all of us there is oppression. We must not sacrifice the peace and security of the United States for an unbridled reign of terror. We will not give up the worship of our God and the love of our neighbor for this mad- ness. And with Communism in America we must yield these rights. The peace and freedom of the United States is typified here at the Eucharistic Con- gress in New Orleans, where thousands of Catholics gathered to give public expression of their devotion to Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.