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freedom
With colossal cynicism, the Soviet lie-machine
seeks to portray America as a warmonger, and Rus
sia as the dove of peace. We know that the only
peace Stalin offers is the peace of the police state,
j the peace of the prison; the peace of the tomb. In
' the struggle to capture the minds of men, Russia
tries to show America as a weak, vacillating nation,
its citizens confused and disunited.
Only an iron will can stand up before this sort of
continual attack, the attack on the mind. We have
that determination. We are confident of our own
strength. But how about the people abroad? We must
work with them in halting the spread of Com
munism. We must make clear to them where we
stand.
The Crusade For Freedom is a dynamic campaign
to show where we stand. It is designed to counter
the Communist Big Lie by demonstrating in dra
matic fashion the Big Truth that our goal is free
dom and peace for all. The Crusade is headed by
General Lucius Clay who, as military governor of
Germany, directed the Berlin airlift. This Crusade
will be a "spiritual airlift,” a declaration of our be
lief in world freedom.
General Clay’s Crusade has already brought a mes
sage of hope and encouragement to these subjugated
people, through Radio Free Europe. Last July 14—
on Bastille Day—the freedom station went on the
air. 'This is Radio Free Europe,” the station an
nounced in programs beamed to Czechoslovakia and
Rumania from a transmitter near Frankfort in west
ern Germany. Right now. Radio Free Europe is trans
mitting six hours a day, seven days a week to five
Iron Curtain countries in six different languages.
What do the programs include? Subjects like
I dramatized versions of books banned by the Reds,
folk music that has been banned, satires and biting
|commentaries on the Red regime. Outstanding exiled
leaders from eastern Europe are participating in these
broadcasts to their own lands. The gist of the mes
sages to the oppressed is that they are not alone, that
the free world is on their side. Radio Free Europe
hammers that home.
Radio Free Europe is a hard-hitting partner of
the Voice of America. It is the voice of John Q. Pub
lic joining with the voice of his government. It is
the Big Truth opposing the Big Lie. Supported by
private individuals and unhampered by official re
strictions, it pierces the Iron Curtain, exposes the
falsehoods of the Kremlin, and brings a message of
hope to its listeners.
TOP, left to right: Rev. Julian J. Holmes and
Harry H. Straus, Jr.
BELOW: John I. Anderson and Lee M. Bauer
BELOW; The Freedom Bell.
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