Mr. Speaker. if the House will indulge me for a very few minutes. I would like to read a message from a French labor leader. that appears in the afternoon paper. Speaking of the procession of thousands of refugees fleeing from France. he sent this message to America: "I wonder." said the labor leader. "whether you will ever see anything like that in America. For your sake. I hope you never shall." Then. apparently more to himself than to me: "That"-polnting to the tragic processions below-"is one of the things that democracies must learn how to avoid. It is a result of a combination of many thingsof Trojan horsemen and fifth columnists. of actual enemies. secret ard avowed. undermining a country from within. "It is also the result of the mistake made by sincere supporters of democracy who. while pursuing ends desirable in themselves. wholly forgot that without adequate national defense the social gains. however marvelous. were doomed to be lost. and much more with them. "What a lesson this should be for the futurefor America and for democracy in general.
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