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speech before1 Amri cans are apt t o scoff at the i dea, that a m l i t a r y coup i n theUS, as so of tenhappens i n Lati n amri can count ri es, coul d ever repl ace our governmnt . but thati s an i dea that has grounds f or cons i dera t i on . Wi ch m l i t a r y organi zati on hasthepot eni t i al i t i es of executi ng suchacti on? I s i t t he army?wth i t s many const ri pes,i t s unwel dy s i z e i t s scores of bases scattered across the worl d?

The case of GenWal ker shows t hat the army, at l east, i s not f er t ai l enough ground f or a , far r i ght

regim t o go a very l ongway for the sam reasons of s i z e and desposi t i on theNavy and ai r force i s al s o t o bemore or l ess di sregarded

Wi ch servi ce than, can

qwal i fy t o l aunch a coup i n the USA?

Smal l si ze, a permanent hard core of of f i cersand f ewbagel s i s neeseary

Onl yone out f i t f i t s t hat descr i pt i on and theU S MC

i s a r i ght wng i nf i l t r at ed organi zati on of di r e pot ent i al eonsequence~s to the f ree-dom of theUS

I agree wth formr Presi dent Trumanwhen he s ai d that "The

Mari neCorps shoul dbe abol i shed . "2

My second reason I s that undemcrati c, country wde i ns i t ut i on knowas segregati on

I t , i s , I thi nk the ac t i on of the act i ve segregati oni st mnori tyand the great

body of i ndi f f ent peopl e i n the Southwhodo the Uni ted States more harmI n theeyes of the worl ds peopl e, than the whol e worl d communi st movement . as I l ookat t hi s audi ence there i s a sea of whi te f a c t s before me where are the negro' samngst you (are they hi di ng under the t abl e) surl y i f we are f or demcracy, l etour fel l ow negro ci t i zen' s i nt o t hi s hal l . Make no mstake, - I - e i i a segregati oni sttendenci es can be unl eared

I was born i n NewOr l eans, and I know

I n russ4a I saw on several occ i as i ons that i n i nt ernat i onal meti ng the gr eat estgl ory i n the sport f i e l d was brought to us by negros . Though they take t h o e gol dmtal s f rom hei r Russi an competi tors those negros knowthat when they return tothei r own homl and they w l l have t o face bl i nd hatred and di scrimnati onCOMMSSIONEXHBIT102

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The Sovi et Uni on i s made up of scores of natur i c l i s t s asl ans and Eurpr-asl an' sarmni anand J ews whi tes and dark ski nned peopl e' s yet theycan teach us a l essoni n brotherhood among peopl e' s wth di f f erent custom and or i gi ns .

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Asymbol of the amri canway, our l i bera l concesi n i s the exi stance I n our mdstof a mnori ty group whose i nf l uence and mmbershi p i s very l i m t e d and whosedangerous t endenci es are suf f i ceanl y cont ro l l ed by speci al governmnt agenci esThe communi st party U S A bears l i t t l e resemblance t o t hei r Russi an conterparts,but byal l owng themtooperate and evensupporti ng t hei r msgut i ded r i ght t o speak,we maintai n a tremnusu s i gn of our strenght and l i ber al i sm harasmnt of t hei rparty newspaper, t hei r l eaders, and advocat es, i s treachery to our basi c pr i nc i pl esof f reedomof speach and press .

Thei r vi ews nomatter howmsgui ded, nomatterhow much t he Russi ans take advantage of them must be al l owed to be ai r ed .

a f t e r al l communi st U S A have exi s t ed for 40 years and they are s t i l l a pi t i f ulgroup of " radi cal .4

Now-a-days - mst of us read enough about cer t ai n r i ght wng groups t o knowenough how to recogni ze themandguard agai ns t t hei r corr es i ve ef fects .

a woul dl i ke t o saya word about them al though thei r i s poss i bl ey f ewother amri canbornperson' s I n the U S who knowas many personal reasons to knowand thereforehate and mstrust communi sm I woul d never becom a psuso- prof essi onal ani t -

communi st such as herbert Phi l br i ks or Macarthy

I woul d never j ump on any ofthe many r i ght wng bandwagon' s . because our two cont r i es have t oo much t oooffer t oo each other t o be t ear i ng at each others trouths i n anendl ess col dwar .

Bothare conoutri es have major Short comngs and advantages.

but onl y i n ours i s t hevoi ce of di ssent al l the

bi 4i ty e - 4hf A- - voi ee e -di eseMT al l owed opportuni ty ofexpr essi on, i n returning - - - - - - t o - -- - t heU S , I hope I have awoken a f ewwho

were sl eepi ng, and others who are i ndi f f erent .I have done nothi ng al ot of cr i t i zi ng of our system hope you wi l l take i t i n thes pi r i t i t was gi ven In goi ng t o Russi a I have fol l owed the ol d pr i ci pl e "Thoushal l seek the truth and the t ru th shal l make you f r e e I n returni ng t o the U S

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