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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 28. november 1919 / Timeline November 28, 1919
Version 3.527. November 1919, 29. November 1919
11/28/1919
Jane Addams speak
against the Palmer raids and the Red scare
Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails
and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an
attempt is being made to deport an entire political party.
These men and women, who in some respects are more American in
ideals than the agents of the government who are tracking them
down, are thrust into cells so crowded they cannot lie down.
And what is it these radicals seek? It is the right of free speech
and free thought; nothing more than is guaranteed to them under the
Constitution of the United States, but repudiated because of the
war.
It is a dangerous situation we face at the present time, with the
rule of the few overcoming the voice of the many. It is doubly
dangerous because we are trying to suppress something upon which
our very country was founded - liberty.
The cure for the spirit of unrest in this country is conciliation
and education - not hysteria. Free speech is the greatest safety
valve of our United States. Let us give these people a chance to
explain their beliefs and desires. Let us end this suppression and
spirit of intolerance which is making of America another
autocracy.
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