.- • ms--nr~J~fg~!ii~~~v;oF.-~E~---, - _. _ • : . -- _ OF : _ : .: : ; • __ .--FIFTH ANNUAL;',A\-iAil!l';BY BRITH S}IQLQM

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- - ·- CHARLES FAHY~ . . . : -- _- __ - - _ • SoliQitor.-General of the United. qtates :

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.In this Fifth _~~a1-Awaid, Br~th Sh,0,19ln~ !l- N#i~~al .• ~~v_ii~h FrateiJ:ial. Orde~ _of_- tn_e•un:t ted states, mi~~ ~ho~en afl r.~cipien~ f~ei~ning-

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-sove;eign;>Hfs !~jest~, Kin~ Gui>~~f 'V-C>.f S\'i~den, if} recogriition ~nd --_- - - - - ;' __ - -. - ,-· -:._· ·. _--_.· - --'.;-_ -~ '' _. __ - ~--' _--~~;-~ -~- -:~~:. - - . }--~ ·_- --~-.- .. : appreciati:on: of his humane •• e!fc!eavorl! an~:until'ing efforts tn: giving ~efuge

fo- t,he_iersecuted ~oj;J._.-_e __ • __ s-•of~~op~-~--: .The~~~~t~~i~.-~kes~n_~ed-.i~~s;eve~pg ---~ :- ~ ~ ~ --- :.....::..l;: ____ ;,;__ -~

in ~I'hi!a~ei~l!i<i i _ t}le ·_ C~tr?f~.~r,g1;~er1y ~(lv_~~1~~,t~11~~ hisHajesty•s_ repfe~ -_

sentati ve_the 1J911orabie_ 1farl:iri~Kast_epgr~ll, ConsUi Geiter~i <>f Sweden/ whp : __ -_ -- -- - - - - .- - ~==~" -- • ·; .-··--=-::-_~c - "-~~---~ .:.,_- •. - , -. _· ~· ,- -- - • - ~

is .prese11t ~t this grea:t gathenng in the Town J:Iall"< · I ain_ pti vileged on ·: - - _-_-:.C.•_ ~ -- - --~--:- ··, -- :-.~.-•.. _--,--~>-=_:-·--,:-·-:-·-· '- - -. __ -___ :,:·_'

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- the invitationcof Brith S.holom'to ~ake. tl}~;p_retn:iiJt~tion. - - - - _ ' -• -• • - • - •, - • ' - _ 0 ·:·: o.(;' · -,

The cou.r~g;e and worth tha~ ha\re been det~rminati,ve of the choiCe

for the Award transcend national, racial and reHgLous lines and are not • • - . ·- -~ t - - ' • •

obscured by distance or the storms of war. In thi~ period of history, with . - . . its ravages upon individual~ and nations, many persons are .called to pl~y

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a part •. Some are unknown; some are iri .high places~ And· ~he contrasts of

'\ihought ahd. deed are. striking. Each d_i!-Y ~here'.is being recorded f?r the

future a. great range of human conduct -- conduct that emanates from the •• ' ~ . - ! -

' ·exercise of the tree Vlill ylitn which each :i.ndi:vidual is endowed. One

person, casting,aside the criteria :that should govern his relations with ' . - - !

his fellows, turns upon them. to persecute and to destroy. Another, with

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.rine perception of'.~th~ :tz'l!e rela}~oJ1Sip.P;~qt~ but ,his

-__ Whe~_ the.f()~er is.1eaa~f ~or·~: n~~i~H-ian~: p~~u~~'~hf~· ~~].;fa~¥i:~~ · ' · --- - _-_ ~;-~ ·~-~~· -: -:.--.~>>~ - >~ -_..: ~::_,_>-:: ~'.::-_,-~~ ~- -_- ~:~ ::_,:,,~i- ,,-.:~~ ~f-~-·~:\\~:-~f_~ ~~t,::-:"/t~;'.4?1:\:G:!_{=~\:·.-°'~:-~:-~ ... ·:- :-·

_ miti!>nal acticm.· against :~he pe6ple1J~'\il.'',th~·,V>'gr:+i;!,;.~t_Re,--incal;.culal)J,e

• in~whlch we· are.vdt~essi~g·tnea~'lak~~ f~·;i~~.·~:J~~~~U~tlceo .·Jhen tlie. other • - - - - • -_ - - - -~-. __ 4 - - • •• - - • : • - - - - - - ·;;: • -- - ,- -. , ': ~ ;'c •

~::·.::~:;f.: ::~:r;:#~'ri~~~~fu~:.:·~tt~it~·· ~f'the afrlicted. , iJ?-s_lfajesty, King Gustaf Vj w)los:e c~fuitrY. by'tea~·;n ' of ~r·o~~ ;an ~e:l t~~-;~:~·br~atn --~~ -i~t~l~;anc~ an~:~ppressi~~- tnat ·,

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apj>roaq{le;·her bof~~fs·, has he'.).cl~out his h~rld-~~ thee~~f~~cuteci/and. th~ oppressed:· ire. h~~ drawn th~se .in ch'dr~ty and g9?~ w_ili 'to the hayerU>f

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_ tiiscc<>.untcy t6 -l.it~'~here.i'riii:l~ndshlp~ ~'::Thu~ 1;~8~~~\;il11h1av~·i,~eii·mad~ ~--- -- • .. -- -i.-:_".:_.-- :<--~:..:-:'.. ;.\!t·~ ·--~·-----. -~;,-.~-·.-·

.·. :g;:~;~:·~~~:~~;:~~~~~~¥~~~~J~~]~t:~~!~t:~~···· minds~·and •'hearts\of_ mem'evecyw~erEl'c :l~fted:and. iriSpi'rei:l; --, ~-' . ·. - . _,- _._.,. _______ ., ---- . __ •------~- . . ·.-:,,{>·'_'-·

-, -- - - ''· ,,-· __ -_·:y ;:·- -,-. ., ·~ ·' . . ' - . . . - · Thi!'Aviardj ,v1hicll is a trl_pute--to these qualit.ies; ~s :\.n full.

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accord.With 'tl1e sentiments' of our 'own riation; arid we· e.icte_i/d 'tijose ,s.e11t:i.inents

i~directly to aiithe pe~pi'e .ofi ~~den, Vl~O are represe~~ed S~·_'nobl; by. . . • , • - , , -_. c . : ~ - . ~ - •• .' • - ~ . : ' . '· -- '. .. I ; . , ".• .

their King in the national policy which has encouraged the _vict-:i.j_ns of'., -· -~----··--_---- . ..., .... _.,- ...... ,_._.~, '.;~,.,--,.. .• :---· ~-~~.·----•. ...,,. .. > -··_,.;···;.-.: .. ~-· . ,.· ·._...__ •. :~~~-~,.:;;_~'.~;-._:

hatred and .force to come to Sweden awa':l from the miseries arid. ~orr-Ors - ' - - . . . : ~: .t.. .•

that hav~ drive~ them from their home~; and kin, ''

Perse'cution is a peculiarly evil thing because it is !!- deni\il

of the n~tUre of men as childiiclh of /~~mon Father. It is the unjust,

punishment of the innocent. Often, ~nd' especially in tpese reoe~~--·; .... _,-.

years' it fs a use of superior power alone to :thrust ones fellows down, ..

utilizing as a leverage no standard of conduct acceptable to.man or

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reveal~d·;by""'t!Xi. -It is a loosetU.ng· of t~e restrai~ts essential

a_~-oz'd~red~lile. · ·•-_ It is a delusion ~f self:.glorlfj;~~tion seen in - ~_:·; .---~- :_. - .. '.--: -,:_: -~

a' lllirror,~of; d~~torteci Y~ues. • It is -a.:dete~or~ti~ii ·~f mind ~nd soul:·iha£ieads .to Violeilqe\·-::-. Vioienc~ th.~t d.~1ii:i13rite1;Y' spends

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; i tseii~·t~ the' inJfrt.Y kf h\iman beings and the ·,breaking ot th~ in.oral· ·· - ; - _ -. - - - _ ~ ~-. • _ ;:: - -- • ' -_-. -o_ w' _. - - ' - • _ -- __ - .,_ _-- __

:iaw.-- -narlkinci''~$··~\11161e, there.fqre, truer to :i.ts.tiat~e. ·t;urnf! #.~ _# -- --- ---~/~ -·­

face against )r:1ersecution• - Me1{p~- gooc(win ~f.allnatfons~men, ' - ; ·--··. --·-.- .- . ·-

y1ho compo~e ai1: 'i-'aees, -and~tlle :"".f;i.i.thfu1 of a;J.f r~ligi <ins~--·· cori.staritly .. • --- .· _;,-:-_____ - :- --:.'_ ~ - :' :=:-·.;:--,-: .. __ :-- ·---~---:o<_;_' '<~--_-""'."·--:_ -; __ ·:._,, ~---~· - ~_:.,. .. :~-----:>-·: __ •" seek to. ~fadicate' it.· frolll' thougllt and :deed as . they struggle' for a ·.· - ~ - - 1 ' -- : • -_ - - -- - .- - - . - - - - -

l·iorld ·wisely anci"justly oomposeq and govel,'ned,

_·· ,. /P?e or' :fif~~~f:~el'itage:;i of·oµr·-;6Wi{.6otiritcy1 ~rri~~-~)n --- ·

-~~}·· -. .our ·ideals 'of li,be?1y a,~ci_.~iist~ge. J_~~-l~f f~~21i~4-[~~Lbee~; x,; ;: : ;. · _ .ref.ug~ .for.-the~'rii~Jf &8.-f;OJ}J!!~Y~~ice,z·'.~~~f~s;~i:j~;;~ci -~~fs~~\l~~.~n,_ In_ his ffrst __ foai.tgu'ral· acial'es11,Jn_isoi;,;'.TMinS:s J~fferson~pO-sed··t.l,le.

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-He -an5v~ered by ~xpre;si~ga thought t~~! has (i6:m{nat~d.'-c)UI-' P<?;ticy;

that those who were to come shoW.:d ;rece,i ve the· sam~ hospital:i ti as

those Vlho 1¥1d come' in the beglnning Of ~Ur colonization, with . . .

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I safeguards "against the fraaddlent usurpation of our flag~ 11

vii.thin recent weeks President Roosevelt has taken new measures to

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effectuate this poiioy in the Americra of today •. · These are his ' - . -·-

recent VIOrds I 11It is the policy of this Goverriment to take all .,,.--.,.~-.

measures vii thin its poY1er to rescue· the victims of enemy oppression

' who are in imminent danger of death and otherwise to afford such

victims all possible relief and assistance consistent with the

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. ~d is requfred B.t fre_qtient~intervaJ.sJo ·report.-to !l:i.m coricerni~_g" --- --~- ---: -- !•----=- --·;..::-- --:-~-~-.i~~~:-~~!;~l- ~-::- __ -.;-~ -_,--~_f•::':~ ~~--~~~"~ :~;: ;~--=~f.i_:!,-- ~- <- ; __ __:· '=~:·}.:-;__- ,-_~ ~-j;:~-: .. - - --_ -_-._ - --.:_

the steps take~ and to make reconnnenQ~tions deemed~appropriate . ·-·~ --~.-·.1:::· ! • ·-:·;._---: ... •· .....

-·for· further. action . to oveZ:ceme ditf:i.cl4 t:i~s' e'~coiiht~f°ed. Thus ··· - - · .fa«.:·: .• t •~'. . '-·- !· ·: ·:•· '-· .,• - ' ··

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are old values confirmed and_rE!_asse:r:te~~- The ri:ac~~ca~ a,Pp:J,~q•ri;~on : . ,· :·--.__-_\ .. •.',." ··:,: • ·~ .. ·· .. · .. •·c-.,

of them gives life to principlE!s t~at guide our great.might and ... ,. --•-c.. -.- ,,_ ~-·----~ ·-.;:{~·=::· . ; . .

make it truly strong. . ' ~ .

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... c:~~~l~=~;:;.~~#J~~f~~~:~J·I~i~{~pir .. ·. , . - •· which ;i_s,t_h!hbaais·of cthe AV1ai'cl• ~._; ..

~:~;::~~:~~::t~:~~~,f :±~;~a;:~~:~· '•--~-- . __ --we!'~_.c~-llI1d~r;~~~~a~e~i~f;s6fcciti~~~--;t~io~~ri-ow._-~· · ~oD\pai-ing_ our_

own. populatiol{~~h that--bi s\Veci§nj l:t'°~~~rnl~~n. ha~. vie furnished . reftige · ...

r;~L~~·,:7~~~;~~:ff ~~:"[::;1~~~~· ~t.·;:~·· .. ~~{.~-~- .. "1?/_ n~ber. ··J: dignificant .• 18.~t about the; rei\lg~as . in. swede~ is the-· <l:i.te:rs:i'.ty

'."'!> 'lifJI/ - . . . .- . . . -- . . . . . .. ,., ··;;.;:_ ' .. - . -· ;. . . . . .- i .. . •

of the;tr natio~_ity, ,:race. ~<;1 religion. They include nationals of . -~ ; ·-· - - - ' -_. : - ~

. De~!~;- Norway, Finland, Gprniany, Russia, Estonia, Poland and· , . . --. , :- '.· -·· ..

Czechos;Lqvakia.;. Among_ them also are !i3d~ish subject;:;; who hav~ reached . . -- - ~. ·; - - . - : . - . - - .

Sweden frQ!ll o~her areas •• , pr the ~ ~9, 000 adult refugees, 9, 000 are Jews ..-...;.

appr.o::imatel:r, one-third. At. the.beginning or the persecution or Jews . . - ... . -,~, -

.·in Denmark, Sweden ofi'ered haven i;o them, 11ore than 5,000 reached Sweden's

shores and are there. as guests of th$ country. Remarkable is the contras_t

betY1een this enlightened· and inspiring policy of 'this ·great Scandanavian

country, and the deeds of· dark and dismal persecution, oppression and

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. aggt~ssfon -t);olif ~~i~w ·1;€~- ~ii.tie:; .~~11er~ ~&"ii~~iet?ri · 1a~~ ~oin1/c1~t'1si:oh:ijt·r~&iaJ.. ~up~ell!Rcy <lW 'ie\Yf~'-~tlbll;tlie ~fr anil-'oppr;~s:i~~ as c<i .basis. o~ .·~~;i~~ policy.

iriJ{ ~t ~~ch -~oltciy •. · . . '-._--: ._. ~

. . .. · Uentj_on·is due; to ceftairi: p~tiCiJf lil-;.a.Pgnt~~#· _o~ :?!1\~en .

rehted to the: op~ning' or the cohntry as. a 'haven ~t: i-~,t~g~• , fl:·e:t'e1• ~ ;_-.:"':

·.·.the' various.· r~lfof activities of Swedish' prganizatioris, · such as the .·

~ Crosrf, ~'l'he·save ·the' Children· Society, th~_ Swedish !!!!.to Ji'.orwai, . .. - - :· _,, -

. :the J!or<len As~~ciationjthe y. 11; c ~ A. and;the nat~oiwi.t~~ co4e9gohs

~ong th~ Catholics und~rtake11 at the' o~l or. the Vicar ·~nd Bishop ·. - - -- - -:: ·~ - - ~ -- - • - -- - - - .< - - - - "j. - .; -_ : -- - -- -•• _. - """ - - - ~--.. _- _. - -_ - ·_,

-Johannes EZ.lc Miil.ler, tci'wbiohgere~olls.r~sponse ha~·beenrnade~·:.·Tii~ six

and '<ihalf,mlllibni?lhaoitants.·O~ ;i$Yi~den1 ~t}i_a, ve~y hl!~h,Pei• capita - - - :- _- - • --_ -_ ----·--- i- -- . - . -

-children are supporte~ by the save··~~·. Chilfu:en Socffit.y. ·. · .. ·· !Ud. .ha'.s·!iorte . '.., ---

abroacl., to Bel~um, Firance and:Hollandi<a:tid to th~·Greeks, ····Grairt from Ame':¥;ica: aiid Great Britain has gone 't~ -~reecei. ;iji Swedish Re~ Croiis~ tonnage

; ' ,. - _- . __ .. -_ -; ''t·:,· -... . ' ' -.. • · and has been:there ground and distributed, ·lihcl.er a joint Sm'ss and Swedish

Gol(lllittee, to 700 bakeries v1hich make it a.\;ahable at a cost only about : - - - . ' . ·.. ~ . . '

one-fiftieth of the:averag9 daily wage of an Athe~an.laborer. One ·coUld

give details· 'indefinitely wJ;f;h respect, for example, to the handling of J ' .-_ .• '

comm~icationR b<itwae::-. p;:o:i.so;1~rs in Germany ~d o".-.he.r countries, the

making of coni;acts ·iii.th ::ela',;ives and .friends, tht? collection and It - ._ !

.ci,sttibµ~ibn•••['f.~ook~·-se~(~6 .:Br.it.fs~._-ari,~ ~si{~--~i~!ttif~;f J~:g}~l{Y;: . i:il.d.~hl( cheerfUi_;gi.Vj_rtg:o,f ~ssisf;ance t~-~tr~ng~I's as

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.ws"bI'ief~eniuneratiC>n is by. ri(). m.ee.ps complete·. or fuli .. r~;;f.

fac-ts inel1ti~ned af.? il'lP-cteqtla.te. to pol'tray fai~ ,t~e si tua;f;ion;,• but in -. ~ - -- - .• - ~=-- -_- "'- 0 - - - - _- - • - :- -~ - -. -. - - __ -' " :.- ~ '·' i .- -- ._ : ._- - - ·.- -- --- --_: ·: ·: ·:. ---_:' - ' - - . :_

~o ~iay. do 'they .ove rstaie.)he ·. generq~it.y, of' s~'Elcieri or . the' magnanimity .. -.. of. the~pol:icies and actions of h~r 'JG,.ng.

_ ·· I· sho1iJ.d, ].i~ .r1ov1 );oAurl1 }~ pe,rsqn, ~~.: j_ t .x1.~x:E!, •• .tp .. !!h~~; .· · recipient of. the}~warcl . and on. beh~f ~of Bri th. Sholom ·arid aJ.l those h~re ..

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RrE!sent_; as well as'on oen!ll,.f.', I l;>Eilj_E!ye-, P,f'!~fl our.:W.~ple -~~d pf' the

uncounted_ and voiceless ·viotims ;of' _oppreilsiotr i:iV:erYvihere, to.say a:<lross .-. _ __;r--;- _:; -' _________ - -~- 0 :_:-<- ~-~ :- ~- _o·_-___ --:~ - ·.- ~; .·:_"J:·---.--,~:~:~-- _ --__ :_ ·~---:-::~<'-;;:_·-----~- ·~ --_--\':~~-:,'.-~~~--- ··-

the. 4ista11ce ~"!;o.:Hi:; I!a.je,s;ty_fil t}lj_s phtL8?:th.~ar:of hisclife arig. the. ·

~}E~~..C()f-.!d:S~~ig~Cth§i; t.h{l~colll'se y1hi:hch~ an~ 'Tiic~ipe~ple have. pursued· :-.-~-~-~~-~;;. __ ~-- ~ - -

in maldng i;heir · ccniyr~t."y a hay:rxi t<S r~C:eite tll~~-e i,tnj~stly firiven ·from:

.th~ir ovm lanifs __ ;in ~~8.!llpl~~fQ).':,all' tli,e world, I(is not_,()JliY: one of'. - "---~ ~

those . fin!l acts. ,which -l:'~s4t~ :i.n-~ol.ac~:.~#'1· P?-~~~·;to ... ~a~~ i,~di ~duaI.

hwnan beingsspre],y in need, but-it'·is a1So condu6t·w!lifh:i.11 it.s" iilf'l.ue~()~ - . - - , -- i -- - - -,· -- - . . . - -. -

reaqhes befond ~hose dfrecctly as~ist~d. It pierces into the gloom that . - -- . ~

e11Velooes the oppressed and persecuted·yiherever they are. It i.s a ray

of· ;}~~t ;nd en~~~ge~en~ .. t~. ~1hic~ '~~ese may··;~;~-~t~~~- ~nds; .all~ ~e~~-wlti,le they avra.it the <lay•of hbe~at_ion; ·Dy "!"-his eX!lijlple; fruitful iri

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the h~arts and lives of many per.sons, Yd;H have demqnstrate~ r1hat aµ men

must one day acknovil.edge - that individual, national and international ·' ac~ion must res_t upQn justice and friendship'.

Indeced, a better world must_ arise from the. ashes of this great ' I

v1ar, a v1orld in v1hich might must forever· be rele3at'ed to a posit:l.on.

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_ inferi~rlto~right; ·- -~i.Ef~tlc~pt1 :;,rg~ttj.~~~ t~filitY m~i~~~~r: ii:g~~i(!~~t~~ ·as<tne~ato\Wd ;poiict~f 'gl)>?~i:iiJiiel1t$·,- __ The .·p~in:ful pt9g~~j~~. of q~Xi~i.z~7. , _

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-. tiOrt __ ta\:ral:'~ _;rttaj_~~nf ·6f _· t~e-·pI-aMs~. C>i.-~~~~y~iiii;p~~#~~-'~!U-?h-,~~, -impii:c:it:inftb~'spifiiu~1_---~~~irat~-0ns,_._o.f/~1.~fii~~;~~~-~~er_·agaiii

b~ irustra tea ~15y:·:sucli: gloi>~ :rlol~n~ d\lk :ttf~ggF.fi~~~~ri;· opp~~~§·i9~ · ~~<i.:1 -

_-pers~cution .. _- C:i~ni~ati~~; ~hich. h?{~ovler~a:~~:~j;)},~'.~~~t / i~ 'iJ.§#.~r ,.· -• again. - It is fighting for it~ fife ,~!1ct'_v,di1 ·n~t:·oo sacriffced to· dafkn~~s, ·-~pp~is·si~p~/~nJ.-· -ae-st~ii&t¥6~#-~: ~._· ·.:;L · ; <t~.· -~;~~·~ ~;,-. .- ~ . ._ _ ·.

-- The,stcines vd1;I1 vntlilh.the 'f'.p~hd~tfpM, bf -~~!:!-, fut~~~\.'i#y; ~,~~ ; . built. assuredly must be those. whiQ~·-.~ii· r¥ .~~:fit .have 'pro~~d:.~h,eir, JUEir~t~

-· Tlloiie:·whi(lh-h~ve'.pl'ov~d, false: fi1i!s}~~~ 'c~~j~~t~<l°;_·ue wa'.I1t\~.~ori<t~¥i)wiich. men anc1_v~;_iin~e!l;,b~tet·o 0ete~~Yvtlll;;lit~'~;Vlhll~'i1Fam1t~,- M~iJik.· uP<>n.'·J>rittoiples of_.horie~t~ 0aar.t~rr~n_q~hi_flnci~uiligs;betr1eeri ri~tions •.

as bet\·ieen-<theniS~J.y~~,r witl(r~f?gilf.g~alvrayJ.}or the~essen,~ial, fot~!fritt

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freedoms· so-. eloquenii:Li -set f.Ql'-th: ;,:in:~~1;;he 'A t18'.trlii.6.' Chlii.'tef,; A·wor:tCi ··so ----, -- -- , . -___ : - J-•_-· ~~ : ~·-~·- . . - - ·~ ,, .•

~nstituted woUld contain bo.th prev,ehtiye_and cure;tor:t11e;mi/;LMy'br. 'f:_ i '•, - f

strii'e wlrich .bas rec_urred so frequently. :j.n_ histor:y. vr.iJ,jl ~ver, moz:e .- exteri-'. -· 1' . -' • • ~ . ' ' ~·• ~ • I

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sive :invo+vement vihen it ex:;v.pt5 •. G:!A>~+ .. warffil:e: caps.,for. ~lol;?al peac~~· .· . . .

4hd. global. :-pe4c.e ;· "let lJS :110~ J,'orge'j;, cail;i; f. pr;. the rig!it : of the iricl:bidu'al.

to obtain that in'j;el'ipr P.f?f!C6 w!iiqh the world .cannot give a.nd Which the - .• --- - - '• >

Ylorld, ·tberefo.re; :tnaY not rir;litJ.y Bliek to take aV1ay,

'Xhe bui],.ding atone~, to pursu~.our metaphor only.a 1little

i'urther, are mos~ certainly_ to be found 1among those enlicJiten.ed .people

Whb"vlill ·survive this great cr;l.sia. The peoplq of Swedzn will be among

these. The hiator:r of the Sv/edish people, in the last quarter of a ?el:ltury

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·. of fiop~~te.·mini_on~ oi' _oppressed.peoples.· all~oy~r:i;he : yil>r'.l.d~·'~ ..

. f!tirr~<i p_~h~r milli()n~::-ih<Y can ·not})roperi{lle· cie~~tibed.as oppre~~~d' to an a\vare11e.ss .of eveti grea~r op~~~~uilities ~~~n they already~enjoy. There>is_!Iluc-h thii.t we in t~eTJn:i.tec1 states, who, Wit}!. ~du~abl_e- J,-ir;i.i,Ie, ·

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in her industry~ her~- cult11re and her Pe>li ~~cai life •. •.· ' - -~- - - .- .:_ - - _-

Jio it. is indeed appropriate c that i ~his .. eo4y today; ·r~~resentii,..: · .

tive at! it is of>one of;th.e most persecuted minorit:i.es iil the. w9rld,' .

shquldhonoI't.h!lKing_ C>f _Swa:de-n and throug~ llim·tne.people '9}_sweden •.

JFo~•·i i-• is•t~ef~p~~~ec~tion•~o(th~· i~~s· ~g~~~~p~to~_z~~j#;~1J~p~jsi· · · . • - l'le ai;e •• ngo~tug~-and.ylfl:(·()VerqQme· }l'f K ~~b~i,~.~ln'}>fr~llis. Av1ard~i~·, a. __ ~;;

·tribute to the t~uth of liuman!'el.ations tinder'diVine'"'gUi®nce -that,'":wrii --- _ •_ .. --- __ --::o--- ~~••--o-'··-~-·-- -· ----·-':__:=ot'_:'.·_"-·--,,•,_._-

make min_ free~ -and a-condemnai:i.~~c'ot the error of dafk~e~s t.IJAt :'wollld

en5].ave ~h~m •

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